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Tinkers Park
Blessed with sunshine most of the day despite a dodgy forecast yesterday, yet again an excellent rally.
Debut engine was Allchin 669 Bess of 1890. http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...9Bess18904.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...9Bess18903.jpg Fowlers Nightmare http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...mare1913-1.jpg and Windsor http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...Correction.jpg Sandringham also present but not steamable. Burrell The Tinker http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...Correction.jpg Aveling Porter Southern Queen http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...Correction.jpg And from the sublime to the rediculous...................... http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...548Cropped.jpg :confused: |
Bess looks great! Well done all lovely to see her out again.
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Thanks Bob, the photos look great, didnt take many was to busy playing :) Was a great weekend, we took "Bess" back last night, had a great run back in the evening sun. Cant wait till she is finished and we can be out and about a bit more.
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The only photo I took the whole weekend, taken on the journey to Tinkers
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Good event and great to see mainly engines I'd not seen before at other events.
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Great to see Bess out and about again, what an interesting old engine she is. Glad that those pickering govenors have not been put back. I notice that the smokebox is an extension of the boiler barrel, wonder if it will be lagged?
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Show guide says Ruth Atkinson of Essex. And that its an A8 Road loco with a R3 boiler & nothing fits Hence the name "Nightmare".
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Allchin "Bess"
Yes , she will have the lagging on, just didn't have time as steam test was only done last Wednesday evening. I am refitting the original 1890 sheets again. There will be two rolled plates that fix to the perch bracket and onto the door angle plate coming back, the first
brass band will cover the join between plates and lagging sheets. This is the original 1890design. Steve |
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I didnt see any tracks. Car drivers are getting worse and worse, we didnt have any as impatient as your 4x4 driver but many gambled to overtake us. On monday morning as we were leaving the site when we met Hairy Monster Aveling just before Buxted on the A272, which was stopped, and as we went by we noticed that two cars had gone head on into each other and looked as like one of them would be written off, im not sure if this was because of the Roller, your have to ask Hairy Monster himself. Car drivers just need to learn to just wait and overtake when it safe.
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Would anyone know the identity of the portable that was between the railway lines near the yard - photo here ?
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The car crash on Monday was nothing to do with me! We did assist the car driver to move her car out of the road and No we didn't push it with the Roller.
Mike |
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Regards Matt |
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The above came from an info board on the fence by the engine, during an open day in 9/2007 |
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