Letters
A tale of two Fodens
19 April 2012
I READ with great interest the varied responses regarding the identity of what turns out to be Foden No 13008, and have decided to fill in some of the blanks.
‘That’ Foden
15 March 2012.
ENCLOSED is a photograph of Foden 6-wheel tar wagon registration UR 1328, taken in its working days, outside the railway station in Blackburn, Lancs, in the early 1950s.
Last call for Caroline
15 March 2012.
WE ARE all huge supporters of HMS Caroline and we all support the need to make sure that she has a secure future – so congratulations and success to Old Glory, Jim Hatfield and all the HMS Caroline supporters.
Egyptian combo
19 January 2012.
MR Peter Arnold will be pleased to know that the unusual UK-built loco and carriage combination illustrated in his letter in OG 263 still exists. I saw it in October 2010 in the Egyptian Railways Museum at Cairo’s main station.
The conversion debate rolls on and on
19 January 2012.
ALAN BARNES attempts to justify conversions by presenting the old chestnut that ‘the owner, having paid his money, has every right to treat the engine in whatever manner he thinks fit’ and that ‘a converted engine is surely better than an unconverted engine being cut for scrap’.
Railway carriages for Egypt
15 December 2011.
I HAVE some unanswered questions relating to some railway carriages made in Newcastle upon Tyne in the 19th century for use in Egypt.
Think before you scrap
15 December 2011.
COLIN TYSON made a fair point in his editorial in OG 262. As a collector and restorer of vintage stationary engines and lawnmowers for some 40 years, I’ve found I get better prices from the scrapman for some less popular items than from fellow collectors.
Childhood Supercar memories
17 November 2011.
WHEN I read the article about the Supercars display at the Hanbury Rally (OG 260) it brought back childhood memories.
In praise of the wheel
17 November 2011.
IN THE context of good design, no discerning judge of fine architecture would look twice or find any interest in the study of the front wheels of a traction engine.
Leyland Chivers van
20 October 2011.
THE ARTICLE on the Chivers Leyland in OG 257 was very interesting and more so to me as Alan Barnes mentioned Frank Harper.
Current Issue: May 2012
EU funding freeze hits Medway Queen
Robey recovered!
After 100 years in ‘one family’ ownership
£1.8m Lottery
For Kew Bridge ‘Project Aquarius’
How to re-tube your miniature boiler
Fowler’s first BB1 ploughing pair reunited after 50 years
Master gets his Mistress back
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