Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on May 02, 2006 at 22:28:13 from 80.3.128.6 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Re: Railway Race 1895 - was Thorpe Station - engine changing posted by Another railway nerd on May 02, 2006 at 18:25:05:
I feel sure that Dick could have determined whether the type of valve gear was Walchaerts without the help of Ian Allen!
But what do you define as 'simple'? Stephenson's? It was unlikely to be anything else at Thorpe.