The CMC go to witness a very significant moment in British-no, world history. What they witness with stay with them to the end of their lives.
Written to commemorate 50 years of the End of Steam.
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Just on checking. The train used the next nearest line to where I live, via Darwin and Clithero to the Settle and Carlile line at Hellifield, because taking the Clifton,Stubbins, and Colne route to Skipton was no longer available or possible I suspect with the power available.
But at least the ELR has 2 of the carriages and one of the Black 5s, which pretty much form its steam backbone.
Suprising to see though, that it wasnt just a withdrawal of mainline steam service, but an actual full ban on all powered steam operation and I think even transport on the lines.
Except for one singular exception.
The Scotsman.
What a cool story. Steam will always live on. Diesels? Eh.
We need steam back! It’s like they always say. Scrap the diesels! Bring back steam!
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That is true. Got to see one of the 1T57 locos in action on the Jacobite back in April.
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Thank you for your comments. Mind, you'd be surprised at the following that diesels have these days!
Something I wouldve loved to have seen. A classic shape, exterior design, but with an automatic flash steam boiler in place of the firebox, the normal boiler being the water tank and economiser, with the exterior being the tube and fin condensing radiator. The great thing being the faster the train goes, the greater the cooling airflow, but at cruise it uses less power than when accelerating, so its more fuel efficient.
What I really wouldve liked to see, is the flash boiler placed itself in a pressure vessel, and a turbocharger used to pressurise the burner space to near the same as the steam pipes, to remove the pressure stress on them, so the pipes have temperature but not pressure, and the enclosing vessel takes pressure but not temperature. I was hoping to remove expensive specialist materials, and the thinner pies lead to greater efficincies. Add in rifling for turbulence conduction and strengthening ribs, etc.
As for the chuffing noise getting out of the station, you could have a trade off in just how big a variation the closed loop can handle, so the chuff would be the excess steam gate firing off? If it can be done in Hornby, it can be done in Settle.
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I'd recommend the theories of David Wardale.
I actually travelled behind 70013 on the Great Central Railway's end of steam gala in August (which had 48624 disguised as 48476 and 73156 disguised as 73069, but no Black 5, funnily enough). On the final run back (a 1T57 recreation), the staff at the stations removed their hats as we passed through.
Here's a TS2018 depiction of the train: https://www.deviantart.com/georgeuk90/art/The-Final-Curtain-758474231
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45305 was still being repaired at the time.
I've got those Black 5s, and an currently doing my own rerun (though the Liverpool and Manchester run will be via Warrington).
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Then again, I did get two Black 5s (45231 and 45379) at the MHR's 1968-themed spring gala, which also had 73096 and 92212 at Ropley shed looking as though they had just been withdrawn.
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Lucky you. I live too far away from the MHR to be able to just pop down there.
Quite a few of my stories are railway themed. What do you think so far?
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I really like your railway-themed stories, as well as the way you turned Anon-a-Miss into a whodunnit.
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Thanks. If you wouldn't mind commenting on them in more detail, I'd really appreciate it.
Yeah, I felt that AaM was getting a bit turgid as a genre, so I tried some stuff I'd never seen done before.
the golden age of Railroading was not ended with the phasing out of Steam engines, rather, it was ended by the rise of automobiles and aircraft (semi-trucks and aircraft-cargo in particular did quite a number)
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The emotional context of the demise of steam power, which had powered the rail system of Britain since 1830, was a real indication to the public that the world was changing, faster than a lot of them wanted.
Turner threw the switch.*
Wouldn't it been better if they wore attire from that era so people didn't question them?
Same. Though it depends on class.
That was too close!
And the start of the preservation era for trains young and old.
I may not be a doctor who fan, I still found this story fascinating nonetheless.