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Offline Greybeard

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My next project
« on: 18.12. 2021 09:23 »
Here's my next project 👍
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Re: My next project
« Reply #1 on: 18.12. 2021 14:58 »
Here's my next project 👍

I'm going to shoot a guess, rail-mounted mortar.

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Re: My next project
« Reply #2 on: 18.12. 2021 15:29 »
Here's my next project 👍

I'm going to shoot a guess, rail-mounted mortar.

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It’s a locomotive.

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Re: My next project
« Reply #3 on: 18.12. 2021 15:46 »
Here's my next project 👍

I'm going to shoot a guess, rail-mounted mortar.

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It’s a locomotive.
Sure, now I see it. 'Twas the angle what threw me off. Also, I invented an explanation in my head for a mortar muzzle cover.

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Re: My next project
« Reply #4 on: 18.12. 2021 17:12 »
That is one of two railway loco's that fell off the deck of the Thistlegorm after it was bombed by a German plane in 19481. That is the ship that has holds full of wartime motorcycles and trucks just rusting away.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Thistlegorm
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Re: My next project
« Reply #5 on: 18.12. 2021 18:27 »
Two things, says the man who thought a locomotive was a mortar, first, it couldn't have been 1948. Second, give me a few, I'll deal with the rust, which doesn't seem as bad as some I've seen.

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Re: My next project
« Reply #6 on: 18.12. 2021 18:45 »
Two things, says the man who thought a locomotive was a mortar, first, it couldn't have been 1948. Second, give me a few, I'll deal with the rust, which doesn't seem as bad as some I've seen.

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Thanks, you are right about the date. Finger trouble I guess. I've changed the date.
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Re: My next project
« Reply #7 on: 18.12. 2021 18:50 »
A bit more than WD40 required.
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Re: My next project
« Reply #8 on: 18.12. 2021 21:42 »
I wonder if any part of any of those vehicles would still be as good as new. Gearbox internals maybe?

A video of a dive on the ship:
https://youtu.be/yCoNJHqWYnU
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Re: My next project
« Reply #9 on: 19.12. 2021 06:43 »
The locos are LMS heavy freight 8F 2-8-0s. 3 were recovered from the Middle East a few years ago where they had remained after hostilities. One is now at the Boness and Kinneil Railway, one is in a museum in Israel and the third has been restored to working order but I can't remember which preserved line it's now on. I'll fetch my anorak on the way out...
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Re: My next project
« Reply #10 on: 19.12. 2021 06:50 »
Ha! I was going to ask what sort of loco it was, but I just KNEW someone would enlighten us!
Thanks for that BS. We should club together to get you a special new trainspotters's anorak, least we could do.
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Re: My next project
« Reply #11 on: 19.12. 2021 09:04 »
The locos are LMS heavy freight 8F 2-8-0s....
They were on their way to Egypt
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