[modeleng] Re: Built like a battleship!
- From: "Shep" <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 21:36:35 -0000
Hi John and Cliff
I, too, have heard of the GWR wheels. I believe that Lovell, who was very
strapped for cash, used anything that was being thrown out of battleships
AND locomotives. Recycling par excellence!
The evidence of their success is there for all to see at Jodrell Bank, more
than 40 years later.
Cheers! Hubert
----- Original Message -----
From: <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 8:54 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Built like a battleship!
> Hi All,
>
> I think that they were actually GWR loco Tender Wheels for which some
> preservation society have already cast their eyes on them for a
> preservation
> project .
>
> Regards
>
> Clif
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Pagett" <john_pagett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:39 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Built like a battleship!
>
>
>> And I read somewhere that the whole telescope rotated on wheels that came
>> from scrapped GWR loco bogies - although the mass extinction of castles
>> wasn't until 1963 or so. Either way, an impresssive piece of "adaptive
>> engineering".
>>
>> JohnP
>>
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