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Titfield Thunderbolt.

Perhaps cofused with Tom Dudgeon skipper of the Titmouse sailing dinghy in Arthur Ransomes ''Coot club and The big six''.

ST2

That's not so bad then.

I'd never use tap water in a boats heating system or in vehicles. filtered rain water or bought distilled is far better to prevent lime scale and corosion. I wouldn't buy ready mixed coolant either.

I make sure they are nice and dry by putting them on this for a while, as I do coal too if it's wet. Or you can chop em up in the summer and dry them in the sun.

Buy Firelighters !!!!. I keep a jar of nice dry sticks half filled with old used paint thinners, or paraffin, diesel, avoid meths and petrol too volatile. Light a stick put on grate add some kindling and then coal or whatever. Never fails.

The front fire bars on the Boatman is standard grate bars easily available, just saw off how many bars you want and slip it in. I have 3 bars. The air control is easily modifide by unscrewing the knob off the bolt and tighten the bolt hard up against the inside of the door. The control knob can now be worked externally on the bolt stud sticking out and will no seize up.

Known as DERV, diesel engined road vehicle.

Its a summer operation after yoove collected the winters coal dust.

Old coal dust can be used again by mixing up some flour and water paste and mixing with the coal dust, moulding in your hands into ovals firmly and left out in the sun to dry. Don't worry about hands getting black, a quick wash under the tap and they'll be so lovely and clean you won't believe. Coal is a good clenser. Before tooth paste ''Flueride'' was invented folk brushed their teeth with soot from the chimney, all lovely and sparkely.

Or a partially blocked flue pipe.

Open the door dead slowly so that the vacuum caused does not pull smoke out into the cabin.

My coal Meccano coal dryer grid.