Garfield Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Great video from the 1940s of a loco being built at Doncaster works... builders of etched kits and scratchbuilders will recognise some of the methods being used! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Thanks for posting that. Really enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR 800 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Great find Pat, a great insight how locomotives were built, I loved the part where he lit his cigarette before lighting up the fire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) I loved the part where he lit his cigarette before lighting up the fire! Different times... men were men and hats were ridiculously over-sized! Edited January 6, 2016 by Garfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR 800 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Pat, have you mixed me with a certain JH Beumont? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 Pat, have you mixed me with a certain JH Beumont? Yep... it's because the two of ye have very similar avatars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) Just posting my own avatar to compare.... Great (Southern) minds think alike..... Edited January 6, 2016 by jhb171achill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR 800 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I need somewhere to show off MY 800.. Plus my name is below my signature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 Plus my name is below my signature! Ah here, who reads those anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR 800 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Great (Southern) minds think alike..... Aye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR 800 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Ah here, who reads those anyway? I am deeply hurt Pat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Now Ive got an avatar more like Garfield's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR 800 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 You've turned to the dark side John, with a hint of tan..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 Now Ive got an avatar more like Garfield's! Not a solitary hint of Tourist Train blue in that photo, JB... I'm shocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR 800 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Not a solitary hint of Tourist Train blue in that photo, JB... I'm shocked. This is your fault Pat!, with your diesels and your fancy super train livery..(grumbles nonsensically ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Great find Pat, a great insight how locomotives were built, I loved the part where he lit his cigarette before lighting up the fire! There is a similar video on YouTube about building an LMS Princess (I think) where one lad lights his woodbine off a red hot rivet! They really are great videos from a time sadly long gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 You've turned to the dark side John, with a hint of tan..... Careful now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Down with this sort of thing. If yizzer all not careful, I'll put up an avatar with a LUAS ICR on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Down with this sort of thing. If yizzer all not careful, I'll put up an avatar with a LUAS ICR on it! Sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Garfield, you need to be be taken away to be "re-educated"....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Great video from the 1940s of a loco being built at Doncaster works... builders of etched kits and scratchbuilders will recognise some of the methods being used! Amazing to see everything being constructed effectively by hand from fashioning the semi-molten parts to hand assembly of the locomotive. Loved the bit where the worker sticks his head through to check the alignment as the chassis is lowered onto the wheels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junctionmad Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Amazing to see everything being constructed effectively by hand from fashioning the semi-molten parts to hand assembly of the locomotive. Loved the bit where the worker sticks his head through to check the alignment as the chassis is lowered onto the wheels! Yes, steam engines were designed with tolerances that suited hand assembly. Today r modern manufacturers are working to orders of magnitude more precise tolerances. But it was an example of the supreme art of the hand machining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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