Tradition in the world Navies.

did you use brasso to polish the bell?

I have an old steam train bell which is brass but I can never get it gleaming....possibly because I dont polish it every day and the mud wasps try to nest and the asian geckos **** and **** on it. It hangs outside my front door on a chain as a door bell. Funny , it's right in front of your face but hardly anyone rings it.

I know this is a naval thread but if there are any avid steam engine freaks it is/was built by Neilson & Co. Glasgow. 1865. has a number 1170 in the centre of the brass id plaque.

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I know this is a naval thread but if there are any avid steam engine freaks it is/was built by Neilson & Co. Glasgow. 1865. has a number 1170 in the centre of the brass id plaque.

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Going off the rails is an aulro norm I am told. Nice. Do you know the history of it? Queensland A10 Neilson class locomotive - Wikipedia see the table of Loco numbers, and locations etc.

From what I can gather, it still works and is in the Workshops Rail Museum. See Workshops Rail Museum - Wikipedia

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ail_Museum.JPG

While we're on the branch line....
https://youtu.be/CFRnpx2dv3E
Biggs Camp, now renamed Grandchester, was the end of the first railway line in Queensland. It commenced at Ipswich, approximately 35km distant.

Really - going off the rails (pun intended) by of all people two of the Mods - you gotta love it [bigrolf]

You need to be setting the example [thumbsupbig].

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And then there's "Kiss me, Hardy", although I can't say that one caught on...

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KISMET, (Mr) Hardey... as in "Fate".... Sheesh, [bigsad]

(Torpedos)

Partial Quote ND Air dropped topedo's may be 22.5 inch

Only because pilots insisted[bigsad]. 'Mine is bigger than yours...'[biggrin]

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Really - going off the rails (pun intended) by of all people two of the Mods - you gotta love it [bigrolf]

You need to be setting the example [thumbsupbig].

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Merely upholding AULRO tradition (there's a tenuous link), in meandering in and out of vaguely related subjects. [bigwhistle]
In my YouTube link, you could almost, not quite see my house. [tonguewink]
Example set. [bighmmm]

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(Torpedos)

Partial Quote ND Air dropped topedo's may be 22.5 inch

Only because pilots insisted[bigsad]. 'Mine is bigger than yours...'[biggrin]

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Not sure but I dont believe 22.5" torpedoes were carried by specific torpedo aircraft - may have been carried by some modified aircraft for specific missions etc but in WW2 the standard size was 18".

For the last 60 to 70 years most aircraft carried 12.5" air launched torpedoes like the Mk 44 and 46 torpedos.

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Really - going off the rails (pun intended) by of all people two of the Mods - you gotta love it [bigrolf]

You need to be setting the example [thumbsupbig].

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Moderation in moderation Garry.

DL

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

Really - going off the rails (pun intended) by of all people two of the Mods - you gotta love it [bigrolf]

You need to be setting the example [thumbsupbig].

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They are - isn't this what we are supposed to do?