[modeleng] Re: SVR

Twas the GWR but they wouldn't let him develop the locos into what were the 
finest the world has seen when the LMS let him loose. The GWR already had a 
class 5, why would they want another, even if it was better!

With the SVR, I have fired and driven every loco we have, there are fors and 
againsts for them all. Try going tender first on a western loco in a 
blizzard or a storm, there is nowhere to go to get out of the weather. 
Preparing the loco in the morning, all the bits on the Western engines 
require at least half an hour to oil up "in between". There was a quote 
about either a castle or a king that "If it was ever sunk, there are that 
many corks inbetween, it would float"!! Mr Bramble remembers where the quote 
came from and who said it. Oiling up Southern Pacifics is a bind as well, 
they take a lot of oil in the boxes. LMS doesn't get away, Leander was a 
swine, you need arms extensions to reach the middle crosshead as was tha 
Great Marquess, a stinker to dispose the ashpans. Pros and Cons for them all 
but if I had a choice of the engine I prefer, it has to be a Black Five and 
that's over a Princess. As for the Flying Haggis, what a pile of scrap!

Does that answer your question John?

Steam is steam at the end of the day and I love it all from traction engines 
to stationary angines but as our little song on the Valley says, "A Black 
Five for Me".

Dave.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Pagett" <john_pagett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:59 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: SVR


> Just one question Dave...
>
> Which railway was it that Mr Stanier came from?
>
> JohnP
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Beaman" <dave.beaman@xxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:27 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: SVR
>
>
> Severn Valley Railway Hubert is the SVR. I must correct you however on the
> GWR, it stands for Grass Weeds and Rubbish or the Great War Round. Some
> people also reckon the GWR couldn't spell and it stood for God Went Rong 
> but
> I have yet to have this confirmed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave.
>
>
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