That sounds like a great idea! 

Yeah, now that song on NETE is excellent. 

Quote from: Newportnobby on Yesterday at 09:55:07 PM.......... there's room for all.....................well, except rap  

And disco

As Martin said, each to their own. Like model railways, music is a broad church and there's room for all.....................well, except rap  

Mick, I am afraid that I have struggled a bit with Jethro Tull, I only had "A Witches Promise" as a single and "We Used to Know" on NETE. I saw Ian Anderson (solo) live a few years ago (2009) and after a poor start quite enjoyed the set but he is a bit "marmite" and in your face IMO.

Cheers,

Tim

I think that the artwork may have once been offered to the Society, judging from a conversation I had once with a committee member.

They may have been offered the limited Ultima (?) range as well. I'm sure there was also a cryptic mention of this in the Journal or the management committee notes, that were issued separately with the Journal.

However, both were declined at the time (about twenty years ago, probably) and I've no idea what happened to it.

Martyn

Many thanks, @martyn .

The late Mr Hewison, to whom I hope I have given sufficient acknowledgement, was an LNER shedmaster before joining the Railway Inspectorate.  He states in his book that the four main line railway locomotive superintendents were well aware that the US locomotives' water gauges were unfamiliar to British enginemen and placed a notice 'This valve to be always in the open position' beside the steam c ock.  After the Honeybourne explosion this was changed to 'This valve must be fully open'.  Shedmasters where these locomotives were allocated gave instructions and demonstrations to enginemen about the reflex water gauges.

The tragedy at Thurston was that Ipswich shed, where the crew were based, had instructed enginemen regarding it was the driver's duty to establish that both the water gauge and the test cocks were in working order.  Although many enginemen would have been used to duplicate water gauges and would have found test cocks unfamiliar, the old GE was largely a 'single gauge glass' line, with three tests cocks.  Many ex-GER locomotives at Ipswich had this arrangement, so the accident report stated the the driver ought to have been familiar with the need to check the water level showing in the gauge using the test cocks.

The next time I encounter an 'S160' on a preserved railway, I'll have a look and see if the 'Klinger' gauge has been replaced with a 'conventional' British gauge glass... or two of them.

Thanks again and all good wishes.

John

Quote from: martyn on Yesterday at 06:50:46 PMI used a old Woodhead sheet when labelling my LMS Fish van last month.

I still have the remains of two sheets which sometimes come in useful

Martyn

If that artwork exists somewhere so a reprint could be done it would be most useful...

I used a old Woodhead sheet when labelling my LMS Fish van last month.

I still have the remains of two sheets which sometimes come in useful

Martyn 

Thanks once again John, for an educating read.

Wikipedia adds that as well as the awkwardly place valve operating wheels, they had to be opened slowly otherwise the check valves fitted at each end would close and trap water, leading to false readings.

The RCTS green bible mentions that, on the LNER, after the difficulties of operating the gauge were known, on some engines the remotely operated valve was painted red,  opened on shed, and a notice to the effect of 'do not operate this valve' was placed on it.

Martyn