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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: BazaJT on 03 July 2013, 20:34:32
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Yes 75yrs ago today a steam locomotive named Mallard set a new speed record,and it's a record that remains unbroken.
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mallard was though :y :y :y
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this was a time when Britain was truly great and not like now where we are the dumping ground of the
rest of the world >:( >:(
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Oh were still great at engineering....its just the press are not interested!
Planning a trip next week to this, this Saturday is an ELR visit for non-solid fuel devices
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Oh were still great at engineering....its just the press are not interested!
Planning a trip next week to this, this Saturday is an ELR visit for non-solid fuel devices
Agreed,which is why most of the F1 grid are uk based due to the tech know how here :y :y
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We are world leaders in aeronautical (wings, landing gear, engines, control etc etc etc), electrical control (AC drives, control, generators, motors etc), automotive, many areas of software, IC design (ARM but to name a few), renewables the list goes on!
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We are off to see it. And it's relatives soon as well. Will put a pic or 2 up :y
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Yes,as I understand it Mallard and her sister locomotives will be together for the next 2 weeks only.
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Yes 75yrs ago today a steam locomotive named Mallard set a new speed record,and it's a record that remains unbroken.
Indeed, 126mph, but it wrecked it's motion in the process. However it was a great coup for Sir Nigel Gresley and the LNER in general :y :y :y
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cannot beat a A4 one tough loco -much better than Hall class eh :y :y :y :y
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Oh were still great at engineering....its just the press are not interested!
Planning a trip next week to this, this Saturday is an ELR visit for non-solid fuel devices
There seems to have been a bit more mid-week activity on the line so far this week. A few carriageless loco's of the steam & diseasal flavour going up & down the line.
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Oh were still great at engineering....its just the press are not interested!
Planning a trip next week to this, this Saturday is an ELR visit for non-solid fuel devices
Indeed Mark, and the method being used to build the new Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carriers is proof of that.............the Astute Class of Submarines...........along with the Crossrail Project............the Shard.............the Airbus A380.........and numerous day to day engineering projects around the land :D :D :y :y
Oh, and not forgetting the HS2 project to come!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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We are doing the propulsion system for the aircraft carriers, motors etc deisgned and built in Rugby....and there bloody big and mega over engineered to meet the military requirements.
I understadn there have been some light engine tests this week Andy....hoping for a good day with a little trip behind the deltic being top of the list
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Mention of the HS2 reminded me.The budget estimate has gone approx. £8 billion over the original budget and they haven't even started yet. We are still great at engineering,but we also have a habit of wasting lots of money on white elephants (particularily when politicians get involved) and this will almost certainly be another one. ::)
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I understadn there have been some light engine tests this week Andy....hoping for a good day with a little trip behind the deltic being top of the list
If that's the one with a stepped down nose at each I've seen it. ;)
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This one:
(http://royalscotsgrey.com/plogger/plog-content/thumbs/back-on-the-mainline/39.-gbrf-emu-moves-apr-2013/large/929-img_0732.jpg)
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Oh! It'd had a respray then or was a different loco ;D
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Mention of the HS2 reminded me.The budget estimate has gone approx. £8 billion over the original budget and they haven't even started yet. We are still great at engineering,but we also have a habit of wasting lots of money on white elephants (particularily when politicians get involved) and this will almost certainly be another one. ::)
We have always invested heavily in projects deemed to be of benefit and in the process have "wasted" money when things go wrong, with budgets blown. Ask Isambard Kingdom Brunel about that one, and the others who were adventurous and bold, going outside of the box, but sometimes slipped up. To me though it is far better to have tried something than never have tried anything at all!
If the Georgians and Victorians had been like our culture now they would never have achieved anything and the British Empire would have petered out before it really started. ;)
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This one:
(http://royalscotsgrey.com/plogger/plog-content/thumbs/back-on-the-mainline/39.-gbrf-emu-moves-apr-2013/large/929-img_0732.jpg)
Lovely picture Mark, and I can my memory can hear her from where I am...................mmmmmmmmmmmm :-* :-* :-* 8) 8) 8) 8) :y :y
Which Deltic is that please?
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55022 Royal Scots Grey
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Really enjoyed the tour of the Class 47 that you gave to me and little fatty. :y :y :y
Love to see behind scenes of one of these beasts too, they are huge!
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55022 Royal Scots Grey
It'll have been the one I saw then. :y
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55022 Royal Scots Grey
Thanks Mark. Lovely loco! :-* :y :y :y
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isnt that the loco with the bizarre engine-sliding valves etc--
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Two stroke opposed piston valveless Napier deltic diesel engine times two
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Saw Mallard today.....Along with her 5 sisters were well and truely pulling in the crowds!