Sunday, May 18, 2014
Poultry Show
Hubby and I went to the Spring poultry show at the Sussex County Fairgrounds yesterday. (They will have another one in the fall.) There was also a horse show and a fishing derby going on:
They had a few nice coops for sale, but way too expensive:
I was surprised on how few different breeds there were. Lots and lots of roosters (I wonder why?)
But we came for the chickens. I wanted to get two more hens.
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| Honestly, once of these days I'm going to learn how to use this camera...... |
They had a few nice coops for sale, but way too expensive:
I was surprised on how few different breeds there were. Lots and lots of roosters (I wonder why?)
These are called "Naked Neck" chickens and they ARE adorable!
A broody hen sitting on an egg she just laid:
This goose was quite vocal!
A tom turkey :
And fluffy ducks:
Didn't see anything that I was willing to pay good money for, but it was a fun couple of hours!
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Magic Eye
Haven't done these for a while - enjoy!
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| Got a penny? |
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| Pond life? |
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| Wings |
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| This one will fool you! |
Chicken Roundup
Yesterday was a windy, damp, rainy day. Just plain miserable.
At 6 o'clock I let them out because Charlie wouldn't shut up - maybe he was hungry or he wanted to chase the girls - You just never know with him. It rained all day but around 7:30 in the evening the rain let up a little bit, so I let them out while I cleaned all the poop out of the pen and the run.
Just got that all finished and the heavy rain started up again. I rounded them up and scooted them back to the pen to put them away for the night. I had no problem with the girls, but Charlie didn't want to go back. So I got the broom just to "guide" him in the right direction. He ran straight for the back of my legs!
Bad Charlie!
Now you gotta picture this:
Rain, mud, boots loaded with chicken poop, an old lady soaking wet wearing an NRA cap chasing a damn rooster with a broom all over the backyard.
Thank God Hubby couldn't find the camera.........
At 6 o'clock I let them out because Charlie wouldn't shut up - maybe he was hungry or he wanted to chase the girls - You just never know with him. It rained all day but around 7:30 in the evening the rain let up a little bit, so I let them out while I cleaned all the poop out of the pen and the run.
Just got that all finished and the heavy rain started up again. I rounded them up and scooted them back to the pen to put them away for the night. I had no problem with the girls, but Charlie didn't want to go back. So I got the broom just to "guide" him in the right direction. He ran straight for the back of my legs!
Bad Charlie!
Now you gotta picture this:
Rain, mud, boots loaded with chicken poop, an old lady soaking wet wearing an NRA cap chasing a damn rooster with a broom all over the backyard.
Thank God Hubby couldn't find the camera.........
Friday, May 16, 2014
Friday Night Steam
How to build a steam engine ... this is really, really fascinating and well worth your time to view.
Grab a cuppa or a cold one, sit back
and prepare to be amazed!
And remember, most of these skills are gone or forgotten now.
(Lots of good articles to see and read below):
LMS Princess Royal Class
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Princess Royal Class | |
|---|---|
One of the two preserved Princess Royals, 6201 Princess Elizabeth at Castleton South Junction.
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| Specifications | |
| Power type | Steam |
| Designer | William Stanier |
| Builder | LMS Crewe Works |
| Build date | 1933 (2), 1935 (10), 1952 (1 rebuilt from Turbomotive) |
| Total produced | 13 |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Leading wheel diameter |
36 in (910 mm) |
| Driver diameter | 78 in (2,000 mm) |
| Trailing wheel diameter |
45 in (1,100 mm) |
| Length | 74 ft 4 1⁄4 in (22.663 m) |
| Locomotive weight | 104.5 long tons (106.2 t) 110.55 long tons (112.32 t) (Turbomotive) |
| Tender weight | 54.65 long tons (55.53 t) |
| Fuel type | Coal |
| Fuel capacity | 9 long tons (9.1 t), later 10 long tons (10 t) |
| Water capacity | 4,000 imp gal (18,000 l; 4,800 US gal) |
| Boiler | LMS type 1 |
| Boiler pressure | 250 psi (1.7 MPa) superheated |
| Firegrate area | 45 sq ft (4.2 m2) |
| Heating surface: – Firebox |
190 sq ft (18 m2) or 217 sq ft (20.2 m2) |
| Cylinders | 4 |
| Cylinder size | 16 1⁄4 in × 28 in (410 mm × 710 mm) |
| Valve gear | Walschaerts (piston valves) 6205 had outside Walschaerts with rocking shafts operating inside valves. |
| Tractive effort | 40,285 lbf (179.20 kN) |
| Career | |
| Railroad(s) | London, Midland & Scottish |
| Class | 7P reclassified 8P in 1951 |
| First run | 1933 |
| Withdrawn | 1952 (1), 1961 (6), 1962 (6) |
| Disposition | Two preserved, remainder scrapped |
Contents
Overview
When originally built, they were used to haul the famous Royal Scot train between London Euston and Glasgow Central.Construction
A prototype batch of three locomotives was to be constructed in 1933. Two were constructed as drawn but the third set of frames was retained as the basis for an experimental turbine locomotive.[1][2] [3]Turbomotive
The third prototype was constructed with the aid of the Swedish Ljungstrom turbine company and known as the Turbomotive, although not named. It was numbered 6202, in sequence with the Princess Royals. Although 'generally similar' to the rest of the Princess Royals,[1] and 'not all that much different',[4] it used a larger 40 element superheater to give a higher steam temperature, more suitable for turbine use.[5][2][note 1] This boiler was also domeless as would later be used for the second batch of the Princess Royals. The continuous exhaust of the turbine, rather than the sharper intermittent blast of the piston engine, also required changes to the draughting and the use of a double chimney.[6][7] It entered service in June 1935 on the London–Liverpool service.[8]This Turbomotive was rebuilt in 1952 with conventional 'Coronation' cylinders and named Princess Anne, but was soon destroyed in the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash.[7]
Later production
A second batch of eleven locomotives was constructed later.[9]Naming
Each locomotive was named after a princess, the official name for the class was chosen because Mary, Princess Royal was the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Scots. However, the locos were known to railwaymen as "Lizzies", after the second example of the class named for Princess Elizabeth who later became Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Later examples of 4-6-2 express passenger locomotive built by the LMS were of the related but larger, Coronation Class.Withdrawal
The class were withdrawn in the early 1960s in line with British Railways' modernisation plan.Details
| LMS No. |
BR No. |
Name(s) | Date Built |
Date Withdrawn |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6200 | 46200 | The Princess Royal | July 1933 | November 1962 | . |
| 6201 | 46201 | Princess Elizabeth | November 1933 | October 1962 | Preserved. |
| 6203 | 46203 | Princess Margaret Rose | July 1935 | October 1962 | Preserved. Owned by the Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust. |
| 6204 | 46204 | Princess Louise | July 1935 | October 1961 | . |
| 6205 | 46205 | Princess Victoria | July 1935 | November 1961 | Fitted with modified valve gear, 1947.Converted back to normal 1955 |
| 6206 | 46206 | Princess Marie Louise | August 1935 | October 1962 | . |
| 6207 | 46207 | Princess Arthur of Connaught | August 1935 | November 1961 | Appeared in the 1930s classic documentary film 6207 A Study In Steel in which 6207 was constructed during the document film and how an LMS Princess Royal was built. |
| 6208 | 46208 | Princess Helena Victoria | August 1935 | October 1962 | . |
| 6209 | 46209 | Princess Beatrice | August 1935 | September 1962 | . |
| 6210 | 46210 | Lady Patricia | September 1935 | October 1961 | . |
| 6211 | 46211 | Queen Maud | September 1935 | October 1961 | . |
| 6212 | 46212 | Duchess of Kent | October 1935 | October 1961 | . |
Preservation
Two examples, 6201 Princess Elizabeth and 6203 Princess Margaret Rose are preserved. They were named after the two children of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and his wife, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth, and after the king's death, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother). Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (later Queen Elizabeth II) was seven years old in 1933 when her namesake was built, and Princess Margaret Rose was nearly five in July 1935 when her namesake was completed. At the time, they were third and fourth in line to the throne.Gallery
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46201 Princess Elizabeth at Carlisle awaiting scrapping. The locomotive was later preserved.
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Princess Margaret Rose at Swanwick West Shed in 2006.
Media
- 6201 at Langho on Whalley Bank – sound recording.
References
- This trifurcated superheater design was later used on the Duchess class.[2]
- Nock, p. 114
- Cook, A.F. (1999). Raising Steam on the LMS. RCTS. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-901115-85-1.
- Rowledge, J.W.P. (1987). "3: The Princess Royal Class – The First Two". The LMS Pacifics. David & Charles. pp. 24–35. ISBN 0-7153-8776-6.
- Fryer 1990, p. 165
- Rowledge, J.W.P. (1987). "4: The 'Turbomotive'". The LMS Pacifics. David & Charles. p. 47. ISBN 0-7153-8776-6.
- "9: Unconventional Locomotives 1929-1935". The British Steam Railway Locomotive. II: from 1925 to 1965. Ian Allan. 1966. pp. 112–117. ISBN 0-7110-0125-1.
- "18: Stanier's 'Turbomotive'". Experiments With Steam. Patrick Stephens Limited. 1990. pp. 163–171. ISBN 1-85260-269-4.
- Fryer 1990, p. 167
- Rowledge, J.W.P. (1987). "5: The Princess Royal Class – Modifications, and the 1935 Batch". The LMS Pacifics. David & Charles. pp. 44–51. ISBN 0-7153-8776-6.
- Ian Sixsmith The Book of the Princess Royal Pacifics ISBN 1-903266-02-5
- Hugh Longworth British Railway Steam Locomotives 1948-1968 ISBN 0-86093-593-0
- Rowledge, J.W.P. (1975). Engines o0f the LMS, built 1923–51. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-902888-59-5.
- David Hunt, Bob Essery and Fred James LMS Locomotive Profiles No. 4: The "Princess Royal" Pacifics
External links
- 6201 Princess Elizabeth Locomotive Society LTD
- Princess Royal Locomotive Trust
- 46201 in the Railuk database
- 46201 in the Preserved Locomotive database
- 46203 in the Railuk database
- 46203 in the Preserved Locomotive database
- Butlins steam locomotives
- 6207 A Study In Steel at YouTube
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