GWR 4200!
They were a class of 2-8-0Ts.
I usually think of anything eight-coupled as chonksters, but in classic Churchward fashion these fellas have an endearingly gangly look. Thin sidetanks, rounded cab, stringy smokebox support beams...
they're
all neck:
The prototype, No. 4201, was tested for 14 months. It proved successful at the class's intended job: hauling heavy coal trains up and down the South Wales Valleys. The curved terrain and restricted gauge meant that 4201 could carry only a limited amount of coal and water, and the class would come to be nicknamed the "Water Carts" due to their need for frequent stops. Still, they were what was needed for the region's coal trains. In total, 105 were produced, from 1910-1923.
After 1929, coal exports plummeted and a good number of 4200s, when sent to Swindon for overhaul, were instead put into store. In 1937, 14 of these stored engines were rebuilt into Class 7200 2-8-2Ts. The trailing wheels allowed for increased water and coal capacity and the new 7200s found work throughout the GWR system.
The class was withdrawn between 1959-1965. At the end of Western Region steam in 1965, 18 were still in service.
5 are preserved, all of them Barry rescues. Of note: 4270's boiler ticket is good until 2024 and it is working on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railwy. 4248 is a static museum exhibit, displayed dismantled as if it were "in Swindon Works" (oof!) 4277, currently under overhaul, has been given the name Hercules by its owner, the Dartmouth Steam Railway.
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Okay so over the course of what like three days
1. British government collapses
2. No more Boris (special mention for Hugh Grant)
3. No more Shinzo Abe (special mention for Hideo Kojima)
4. Argentina's economy collapses overnight
5. Trump Jan 6 trials and mockery
6. Google has far too large a BTS day event (yes, the kpop band)
7. No internet in like half of canada (inc. not being able to use an ATM or call emergency lines)
8. Twitter suing Elon Musk for not buying Twitter
9. Kinnporsche ep 14 (trending 12 hrs before airing good job y'all)
10. Kazuki Takahashi, the Yu-Gi-Oh mangaka, died
11. Georgia guidestones destroyed
12. Sri Lanka Also having an economic collapse and storming the palace as a result (so no more that president) (also set the place on fire?)
13. Angola's former president died
14. Supernatural finally reaches it's target audience because of 'The Boys' finale
15. Former Mexican president (who commited massacres?) died
There's some real Nov 5 energy in this Wendy's tonight
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I may have hyper focused too close to the sun…
Time taken:122 hours and 15 minutes
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And if I just keep on reaching
Past the haze of their preaching
Oh what things I'll be teaching
When I've found what I'm seeking
First artwork of 2024!!! 8D WOOHOO!! Logan my beloved, let him touch the stars. I had to make the canvas smaller lol it was enormous but I'm SO proud of this one! Do not repost, or at least give credit if you ignore that, please.
@thatsthat24
---> IF YOU LIKE IT, PLEASE REBLOG IT, I WORKED SO HARD ON THIS! <----
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The nine day strike, 1919
For the duration of the First World War and its immediate aftermath the railways were removed from the control of private companies and managed by the National Government. During the war, the NUR and ASLEF negotiated jointly with the government to win wage increases for railway workers, although at levels below the high rate of inflation. In March 1919 the government announced its plans to standardise and reduce the wartime rates of pay and, after failed negotiations with the unions, the second national rail strike began at midnight on 26-27 September 1919.
A key feeling during the strike was that sacrifices made during the war had not been acknowledged by the government - in the words of the NUR General Secretary, J.H. Thomas, "the short issue is that the long made promise of a better world for railwaymen which was made in the time of the nation's crisis, and accepted by the railwaymen as an offer that would ultimately bear fruit has not materialised".
This feels familiar...
After nine days of strike action by the NUR and ASLEF, the government agreed to maintain wages at existing levels for another year. Subsequent negotiations resulted in the standardisation of wages across the railway companies and the introduction of a maximum eight hour day.
The document on the left is the 'Victory Number' of the Glasgow and District Railwaymen's Strike Bulletin, produced by the Glasgow and District Railwaymen's Strike Committee (a joint committee containing members of both the NUR and ASLEF) [document reference: MSS.127/NU/IN16]. It hails the "great labour triumph" over "the most despotic Government this country has ever seen", and details the terms of the settlement.
Encore! Encore!
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Remember when I pitched the concept of Chuuya developing a fear of lightning/electricity after the events of Storm Bringer and the Dragon's Head Conflict?
Thunder doesn't bother him, he deals with loud noises on the daily. No, it's the lightning itself that gets to him.
So obviously the solution is to close his eyes and wait for the storm to pass while berating himself because he should be better than this.
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