User talk:EddieWalters

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de Havilland DH.108

Eddie, you are exactly right, I jumped to conclusions that you were claiming the earlier unverified XF-86 flights were being recognized. It was a verified supersonic flight that took place on 26 April 1948 although not an official record. My apologies. I have corrected the note in the article with a reference source cited. Too many late nights on the computer, too many fights with vandals, coming across someone I had never seen editing before, all these are feeble excuses. You did a sterling job in explaining the issue and I commend you. FWIW Bzuk 14:52, 19 August 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Bzuk. No problem - I understand it's easy to miss the details sometimes, especially in such a confusing area as "First supersonic XP-86 flight". I should have cited sources for the original edit - I clicked the "submit" button and realised I'd forgotten that detail! Our paths have actually crossed before on the Avro Lancaster page - that time I was incorrect with my mark designation tweaks. EddieWalters 15:05, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Season's tidings!

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Tom Varley

Thanks for your help here.

One question - how many preserved Howards are there? Two or three? There's Tom Varley's, carrying the number 24 on its dome. There is an engine called Britannia of works number 201. It's not clear (and there are web sources that contradict) whether these are the same engine or two different ones. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:42, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The engine with the 24 on the dome is 201 - http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/engines/howard/general-purpose-engine/201/6/. I'm almost certain that the number on the dome was Tom's notation that it was his 24th engine. Just out of curiousity, what got you interested in Tom's page? My Dad and Grandfather knew him well (the Garrett undertype parts mentioned were acquired for my Dad by Tom). --EddieWalters (talk) 22:49, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, handy photo! The Howard article needs fixing then. I knew 24 was Tom Varley's number, but didn't know the works number, and as far as I knew it wasn't named Britannia at that time.

I used to go round the NW steam rallies a lot as a kid in the '70s (My Mum and our dog are standing just in front of the small Robey tractor). Once went up to Gisburn and saw the whole collection. I also remember riding in some of the last working Sentinels down the dock road in Liverpool.

Incidentally, Tom's grandson was in touch after seeing this article. It would be nice to expand the bio a bit. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:55, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

One thing I don't understand is why, of the two survivors, Nº201 is of 1872 and Nº110 is later, of 1876? Andy Dingley (talk) 10:03, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Very good point! Although such anomalies are not unknown (for example, as one's a ploughing engine and the other a traction engine, perhaps they started the numbering series differently?) - worthy of further investigation! I think Steam Scenes is largely based on the Traction Engine Register, which is not without its flaws. But on the other hand, the Exported Engines list has other issues. I'll see if I can come up with anything further! Riding on the working Sentinels... that must have been fun! Incidentally the Robey Express was one of my Dad's pet projects at Tom's place. EddieWalters (talk) 13:58, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Eddie, I'm trying to add a vehicle to dads page but cannot work out how to add 'cells' (I think that's what they are called) I need to Add the 1918 Stanley Steam car that is now at a museum in glasgow (I believe) and there may be others that need adding EG the Verbeek 115 key Centenary organ so any extra cells would be great. PS I have fond memories of your Dad and Mum :)Best wishes and Kind regards Catherine

Hi Catherine! Nice to hear from you - I don't think we've ever met, but I have some memories of your Dad from when I was about 5 or 6 when we visited with my Dad, just after the Howard was done. I know your Dad was a big influence on mine when he was helping out there as a teenager in the early 70's. My Grandad's Manchester truck appears in the background of the White Yorkshire wagon, and my Dad's maroon Austin Seven appears in the background of the Robey Express! Adding cells to the table isn't exactly easy, but isn't terrible! When you go to edit the section of the page, you need to click the "edit" pencil, and then if you're working on a phone or tablet, click the little down arrow symbol by the edit pencil and select "Source Editing".

You can copy and paste this:

|-
| 1 Pendle Lady
| Sentinel
| S4 steam waggon
| 1934
| 9003
| VE9963
| Sentinel S4 Waggon bought by Tom in 196x

in at the bottom of the list and change the details for the vehicle you're interested in. The |- means the beginning of a new table row and | means the beginning of a new cell on that row. If you click "Show Preview" before saving, you can check that it's entered correctly.EddieWalters (talk) 20:16, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Steam Wagon lead photos

Everything we have should be at commons:Category:Steam wagons and its sub category.

The problem is the lead photo really needs to be reasonably high quality and right facing (so into the article). That rather limits us. I have just uploaded File:Sentinel DG6 YD 7012.JPG which meets your solid wheel requirements and could be paired with File:Foden 1930 steam wagon GDSF 2022 139.JPG (featured pic) but it dates from fairly late (DG6 was introduced in 1927) and isn't onroad. However the reality of preservation is that older models are more likely to survive and steam fairs (which are the best opportunity to photograph such things) tends to be onroad.

Still it may be worth digging through the category if you have the time. Otherwise do you know of any southern england steam fairs that take place onroad where they drive clockwise?©Geni (talk) 23:51, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, got it, thanks for the explanation. I will see what I can find/arrange for appropriate steam wagons in a more “natural” setting! What’s the resolution expectation? Subject-wise, I did rather like the Starkey, Knight and Ford Foden photo that was replaced, but I can see that it was somewhat low resolution. EddieWalters (talk) 00:09, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The issue with File:Aa steamlorry astlepark.jpg isn't the resolution so much but the blown highlights and the the thing is overall slightly blurred. Part of this probably comes from someone trying to fix the issue that the original image was a bit grey/overexposed (dark Vvhicle on an overcast day is not a good combination). Also the original picture has noise on the black bodywork due to a 2008 era compact camera having a hard time with the lighting. Ideally we would want something that meets Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria were the minimum is 1500px these days.©Geni (talk) 00:29, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks! That info helps. I'll see what I can rustle up that fits those criteria. EddieWalters (talk) 23:56, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is also Wikipedia:WikiProject_Automobiles/Conventions#Images although obviously that's aimed at ICE cars.©Geni (talk) 02:18, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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