The Bluebird Project

Look up L.D Porta or David Wardale. They virtually revolutionised the front end draughting system on steam locomotives, and quite late in the piece too. They squeezed just about everything they could have out of the simple expansion engine - well worth a look into. Blokes like Nigel Day and Shaun Mc...

It's pretty much directly into the valve chests, then to the cylinders and from there up the blastpipe. Unless the engine is a compound type, the expansion cycle is once only. On a compound engine on a locomotive, the steam is admitted to a small high pressure cylinder. The exhaust steam is then pas...

Trains, eh?

Clap your peepers on that:

I watched a couple of those vids during smoko at work. Got a few odd looks from people when they heard the air start winding up.

Wow, envy! I bet it would sound great played through my 1964 AC30 (by a better guitarist than me, I might add). It probably would! What do you usually plug into your AC30? Fender Tele, various Gordon Smiths and, when I want to pretend to be Nigel Tufnel, Musicman Axis SS. Love Telecasters. I traded...

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Nice. Gretsch, I presume?

Yup. It’s a heavily modified 1969 Anniversary.

Wow, envy!
I bet it would sound great played through my 1964 AC30 (by a better guitarist than me, I might add).

It probably would! What do you usually plug into your AC30?

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Servicing and restringing this old girl.

Nice. Gretsch, I presume?

Yup. It’s a heavily modified 1969 Anniversary.

Servicing and restringing this old girl.

I'm not involved, Nigel, but have been following the BBP's progress. Like you, I certainly hope it all goes well for the BBP too.

It's not happening this year, Nigel.