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Tube lines steam (was Not-very dry run for 150-year anniversary Met steam)
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wrote: On 18 Dec 2012 20:55:00 +0000 (GMT), Theo Markettos wrote: In uk.railway wrote: Not for passenger operation,the Central London Railway had two Hunslets built to tube gauge for maintenance trains. Unfortunately no photo seems to be around on the WWW to link to, In a book I have they look quite smart. Dual fired ,on coal or oil. http://districtdave.proboards.com/in...=2471 &page=1 Theo Thanks for that link, had never heard of the other Loco Brazil mentioned on that thread first. looks quite basic compared to the CLR one which has a certain finesse about it. That photo (of Brazil, not the neat little CLR loco) raises a question in my mind. Kerr, Stuart's "Brazil" class were narrow gauge locos not standard, and that does look very like an NG "Brazil" to my eyes. The cab is a bit of a ramshackle afterthought it seems but apart from that it looks identical in size and shape to the Brazil classes on the SKLR and at Whipsnade. Also, the open wagons have an NG look. The enlargement of the photo makes it hard to be sure but they don't seem to be standard gauge either. Is this CSLR "Brazil" loco at Stockwell perhaps then a construction loco rather than a service loco for after opening ? It would account for why it was used at Morden and various other sites as per the thread. Or did this one Brazil class get constructed as Standard gauge to fit the CSLR tubes ? I'd not heard of it before anyway, thanks from me too. Nick -- "The Internet, a sort of ersatz counterfeit of real life" -- Janet Street-Porter, BBC2, 19th March 1996 |
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Tube lines steam (was Not-very dry run for 150-year anniversaryMet steam)
On 23/12/2012 16:29, Nick Leverton wrote:
In , wrote: On 18 Dec 2012 20:55:00 +0000 (GMT), Theo Markettos wrote: In uk.railway wrote: Not for passenger operation,the Central London Railway had two Hunslets built to tube gauge for maintenance trains. Unfortunately no photo seems to be around on the WWW to link to, In a book I have they look quite smart. Dual fired ,on coal or oil. http://districtdave.proboards.com/in...=2471 &page=1 Theo Thanks for that link, had never heard of the other Loco Brazil mentioned on that thread first. looks quite basic compared to the CLR one which has a certain finesse about it. That photo (of Brazil, not the neat little CLR loco) raises a question in my mind. Kerr, Stuart's "Brazil" class were narrow gauge locos not standard, and that does look very like an NG "Brazil" to my eyes. The cab is a bit of a ramshackle afterthought it seems but apart from that it looks identical in size and shape to the Brazil classes on the SKLR and at Whipsnade. Also, the open wagons have an NG look. The enlargement of the photo makes it hard to be sure but they don't seem to be standard gauge either. Is this CSLR "Brazil" loco at Stockwell perhaps then a construction loco rather than a service loco for after opening ? It would account for why it was used at Morden and various other sites as per the thread. Or did this one Brazil class get constructed as Standard gauge to fit the CSLR tubes ? I'd not heard of it before anyway, thanks from me too. Tube Trains under London has a sequence of photos of 1924 stock being delivered by road to Morden depot. The last photo shows a car just reunited with its bogies being pulled from under the gantries by an 0-4-2 saddle tank. This would appear to be the "Brazil" loco featured above. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail |
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