Talk:BR Standard Class 8

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[edit] GA review

Another nice article in this well-researched series. Here are my comments:

  • "Remarkably, the locomotive survived into preservation ...". Why is it remarkable? Because it's unusual for prototypes to be preserved?
  • " ... turning in stirring performances" is POV
  • "However, these proposals were rejected by the Railway Executive on the grounds of cost in attempting to develop a form of steam motive power that was not necessarily required for use on Britain's railways." Not sure what that means. Why wasn't it necesarily required for use on Britain's railways?
  • "... The Turbomotive, 46202 Princess Anne, was destroyed in the Harrow and Wealdstone rail disaster of 1952.[2] A gap now existed in the roster for locomotives with 8P power classification ..." How could the destruction of one locomotive leave a gap for locomotives with 8P power classification?
  • "At first, Riddles' design incorporated an enlarged version of his Standard Class 7 Britannias ..." Does that mean that the design was based on the Britannias?
  • "... 71000 remained the solitary member of a stillborn class of Standard 8P locomotives" "Stillborn" is a little flowery for an encyclopedia.
  • "it became immediately obvious that the boiler was now producing steam at a furious rate" Similarly, "furious" is a bit flowery too.
  • "... the locomotive was failed at Penrith with leaking tubes" Does that mean that it broke down?
  • "The engine has since been withdrawn for overhaul before a projected return to service later in 2007 to early 2008." We're pretty late in 2007 now. Has it been returned to service yet?

That's pretty much it I think. I look forward to seeing the article again when this little bit of work's been done.

--Malleus Fatuarum 18:13, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Follow up

  • "Remarkably, due to the fact that she was almost scrapped at the wrong scrapyard, the locomotive survived into preservation" That doesn't make it any clearer to me. What does "the wrong scrapyard" mean?

--Malleus Fatuarum 00:31, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conclusion

Once again, congratulations on producing such an informative and well researched article. I'm not a particular train buff, but your series of articles did intrigue me to find out more about the post-war history of steam. I've got no hesitation now in listing this article as a GA. --Malleus Fatuarum 03:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)