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Beowulf wrote:

> salv�
>     Dear all,
> Seeing as how this isnt quite to do with paints any longer ...... A quick
> word on plate frames, according to J.C.Gibson who I mentioned previously
> plate frames tended to crack about the horns when the loco was being
> lifted for maintainance due mainly it seems to not enough metal being used
> over the horn gaps to reinforce them in such a situation, they also
> cracked it seems when the springs lost their springiness and the axle
> boxes smacked into the frame at high velocities bending the frame and
> eventually cracking it at this point.(Horn gaps), he doesnt mention bar
> frames except in relationship to Deans pony trucks.(GWR) and as I'm not an
> engineer.... anyway I thought this might be of interest as JC Gibson
> before he became a Cof E Vicar was enmployed by the GWR as a fitter in
> their erecting and repair shops so he ought to know :) I assume Australian
> practice cant have been too dissimilar to UK practice? or am I wrong...I
> await the tirades with baited breath and have my garlic ready to ward off
> the nasty's :) Beowulf

I actually enjoy your posts to be truthfull ;-)  

I would not be using the GWR necessaraly as a reference point for locomotive
innovation as in a lot of area's they really trailed behind in their
designs.  But don't tell Terry Flynn that.


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