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 Forum: What's New on the Website?   Topic: New Photo on the Main Website

Roger Cooke
Posted: 11 May 2011, 23:15 

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Views: 25148
I'm fairly sure it's not the dropped one - it isn't bent!

 Forum: Breakdown Cranes and Recovery Operations on Film   Topic: "The Carnforth Story" - Telerail DVD

Roger Cooke
Posted: 06 May 2011, 08:58 

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I have recently been watching the above video, which concentrates on WCRC's open days at Carnforth in 2008, but also includes quite a lot of the history of the depot from the '60's onwards. Included in the BR-era footage are plenty of sequences showing the last BDC allocated there by BR, Cowans Shel...

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: Great Western Society's 50 Ton Steam Crane

Roger Cooke
Posted: 05 May 2011, 17:57 

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Views: 15305
Can any of you Didcot chaps put me in touch with someone on the railmotor project? I have tried making contact via their website but no-one replied. I need to find or commission a pair of standard GWR backhead clacks for the GWR no. 2 crane to replace a pair stolen off my boiler whilst it was at Tys...

 Forum: Breakdown Cranes and Recovery Operations on Film   Topic: Nene Valley Crane Features On YouTube

Roger Cooke
Posted: 01 May 2011, 22:06 

Replies: 6
Views: 23653
Nice clip, thanks for bringing it to our attention. David, around the eight minute mark it looks very much as though the crane is (literally) "chock a block" with the block sheaves in contact with those in the job nose - is this an optical illusion? It is nice to see this fine crane workin...

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: Great Western Society's 50 Ton Steam Crane

Roger Cooke
Posted: 26 Apr 2011, 08:28 

Replies: 4
Views: 15305
Excellent news, Peter, and I wish you every success with your exams and testing.

Please do keep us informed of progress.

Roger

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: GWR No 2 overhaul

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: Re: GWR No 2 overhaul
Posted: 19 Apr 2011, 15:07 

Replies: 20
Views: 62530
It occurs to me that throughout this thread I have made several references to "Spencer Hopwood" boilers, and "Hopwood" boilers, but not all readers will be familiar with these. The Spencer-Hopwood type of boiler was arguably the most successful compact vertical boiler of the stea...

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: GWR No 2 overhaul

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: Re: GWR No 2 overhaul
Posted: 19 Apr 2011, 14:36 

Replies: 20
Views: 62530
Once we had established that it was going to be possible to fit the boiler in the crane, it was lifted out again to go into the workshop to allow the overhaul to begin. As mentioned above, initially I hoped that it would be possible to replace only the plain tubes and leave the stay tubes alone, but...

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: GWR No 2 overhaul

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: Re: GWR No 2 overhaul
Posted: 19 Apr 2011, 09:23 

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Views: 62530
With the Hopwood boiler in position in the crane, it became possible to assess whether or not fitting it was going to be feasible. As far as the diameter was concerned, there were no problems at all; in fact the initial impression, based on the fit of the floor plates of the footplate, was that it w...

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: GWR No 2 overhaul

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: Re: GWR No 2 overhaul
Posted: 18 Apr 2011, 16:07 

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The only way to be sure if the boiler would fit was, of course, to lift it into place and try! So the water tank was removed from the crane (in actual fact it was found that the only thing holding the tank on was the roof girder bolted to it - the securing brackets shown on the R&R drawings havi...

 Forum: News and Sightings   Topic: GWR No 2 overhaul

Roger Cooke
 Post subject: Re: GWR No 2 overhaul
Posted: 18 Apr 2011, 15:55 

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John Glaze gave the boiler the once-over, and pronounced that it was essentially very sound and a good overhaul prospect. It would require (as a minimum) the following:- 1) Thorough clean (pressure blasting or needlegunning) inside and out 2) When clean, a thorough exam with NDT where applicable 3) ...
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