Container shipping out of England

[millman56]

All of those last 3 look familar; I think the fishy one is the first one (if it is screwed to a pallet). Mark should be able to confirm the fishiness...
 That would be the one that my pet sealion sleeps with  .     These 3 engines were from you Ade and have been removed from any pallets and bolted down to stillages

[slowspeed]

Hello all
Looks like the ball is moving again ,YAAAAA
Ade could you have a look at the photos and tell if the  cs30404 is one that you picked up for me

And if so were did we get it from .I seem to have lost track of one 1 engine if you are sure you delivered 7  to Mark that were mine
Thanks
 
Also Mark if you have one of my engines that is no f ing good but for a boat anchor the one that your pet sealion sleeps with ,we may be able to trade for some parts that you know I will need to make my other engines runners
 I love animals and it  would be sad to see your seelion without a pal !

Gary do you have a photo of CS45700 and the one we call VERY RUSTY
if so could you post them
Thank You
cheers

[dieselgman]

We have one with serial # 45706 (elsewhere called 45705 I believe), and I can look again for the crusty rusty ones. I believe that Mark has identified all of them with proper serial numbers except for your boat anchor (fish bait) that has NO id plate remaining.

I show the following: Ade had only 6 of your engines Jeff, the remainder were at Lytham and recently retrieved by Mark. You are not the least nor greatest common denominator, we can cross-check ownership a variety of ways until we get it right.


dieselgman

[slowspeed]

13380 views of this topic   ( Container shipping out of England )
I find that very interesting
 
Lets show all 13000 viewers that we can get this done


Good work so far  gents

[contaucreek]

Oh trust me, I'm watching the drama from the sidelines 

[AdeV]

And if so were did we get it from .I seem to have lost track of one 1 engine if you are sure you delivered 7  to Mark that were mine
Thanks
 

Jeff,

I went back and painstakingly re-created my notes....

It was, in fact, only 6 engines I picked up for you; the Norfolk one (fish-bait; my pics shows an ID plate, so presumably it fell off at some point?), 2 from Haverford West, 1 from Sunderland (the SOM set), the FR2 and the Grade II listed* VA.

I had 2 other engines for other people, so it was actually 8 engines that went to Mark from me, not 9 as I originally thought.

Sorry for all the confusion...


PS: * "Grade II listed" is a protection against modification applied to buildings which are particularly old or special in the UK.  There are other "listing" grades. The VA came out of a listed outbuilding; although it was more listing than listed (or indeed Lister...)

[Bottleveg]

I’ve got two or three CS 6/1 ‘short’ engines (that’s everything below the cylinder).
One has the ‘electric’ generator flywheels. I’ve probably also got the con rods and pistons for them. These where working engines but had frosted cylinders.
I was going to break them for parts but it seems a shame, as they would make good engines again.
I also have a good VA cylinder head. Quite a rare item as they’re often found with broken exhaust ports.
I can arrange haulage if needed.
PM me if anyone is interested and I’ll get them out of the stores and check them over.

[slowspeed]

Mark how dose the head on my VA look
Looks like a spare just turned up

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Just pm you Bottleveg

[millman56]

Your VA head looks good,  my VA came with both flanges broken and I repaired them.

Mark.

[slowspeed]

Good

[LowGear]

I can't take it.  The suspense is driving me crazy.

Where is the container today?  Has it shipped?  Has it landed?  How many engines are physically inside it?

Casey

[dieselgman]

Not stuffed yet, but should be ready to go pretty soon. A few pieces being moved over to Mark's still, and still extra space available.

dieselgman

[bschwartz]

Any best guess as to when it might leave port? This spring?  Summer?  Fall? 
Of course after this amount of time, and glitches, I know it's hard to pin down, but was just wondering if anyone had a rough guesstimate.

P.S. don't let Casey read the reply, we want to keep him in suspense.... 

[Thob]

It's going to be race to see which happens first - the container ships out or Gary updates his web site     

[dieselgman]

I would say within the next month... (but the minute that is said, something else might arise to delay further!) 

There are still a number of people involved that can potentially change the plan slightly, but with current status - I know that we must engage and stuff the container in March. At this point the other forseeable hold-ups are of minor concern and are not likely to be roadblocks to progress.

As I understand it... all charges are now at Mark's with the exception of about 3 engines (these are coming over from a reliable professional supplier), Mark has the majority of the rest mounted on stillages for putting into the container, there might be some minor details and a bunch of paperwork but nothing else on the radar. I will purchase the entry bond and get our customs broker on the task shortly.

I am personally stretched pretty thin, but returning from Alaska next week and can sit down with the paperwork then... as soon as those Midwest blizzards go away and flights are operating normally. 

dieselgman