User talk:Bulleid Pacific/Sandbox

Design features

I think this needs expanding, especially as I have moved a sentence to the preceding section. I also wonder if saying that the firebox was "smaller" is enough. The grate would have had to be raised to clear the 5-foot wheels, which would certainly reduce firebox volume somewhat. What about the other dimensions? Also did any of the locomotives have roller bearings? These would have made fast running much safer.--John of Paris 06:12, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

They had plain bearings that were not designed for fast running, despite the fact that they famously achieved 90mph. When I get a decent book on the subject, hopefully the project will jump ahead.--Bulleid Pacific 22:15, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Reasons of standardisation?

Bulleid Pacific, in your 24th October edit of the Background section, you state that the 2-10-0 arrangement was settled upon "for reasons of standardisation". I can't imagine what those reasons could have been as I think it likely that a Britannia or Clan boiler could have been easily adapted to a 2-8-2 chassis. This would have made it a pretty standard design, whereas the 2-10-0 had to have its own tailor-made firebox, which only became "standard" because over 200 examples were built.--John of Paris 11:19, 30 October 2007 (UTC)