Talk:LNER Class V2

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Some key missing details

I know you shouldn't ask others to read about your hobby for you. However, I would really like to know why Gresley's 2-6-2s ran smoothly at high speed when so many didn't. That a V2 with a Kylchap draught could match a Pacific sounds like the most important detail in the article. Shushimnotrealstooge (talk) 22:58, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

@Shushimnotrealstooge: Which part of the article refers to Gresley's 2-6-2s ran smoothly at high speed when so many didn't? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:13, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

The bit at the very, very beginning that says they worked fast freights. If you flip through the Wikipedia entry for the 2-6-2s, you'll see that many of them rode roughly. Shushimnotrealstooge (talk) 12:17, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Do you mean the paragraph beginning The V2 was a versatile locomotive? That says nothing about rough riding. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:22, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

"Them" as in 2-6-2 locomotives as used worldwide, rather than the V2s. We know from the article that they, the V2s, used Gresley's patented pony trucks, so maybe we can cite sources that tie that and other parts of the design into its unusually smooth riding. If you wrote about Stephenson's Rocket, you would point out its differences from the Sans Pareil and other mine engines of the time. Shushimnotrealstooge (talk) 12:54, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

The word "rough" does not occur at 2-6-2 either. Please give the exact phrase that you are questioning, and state in which article it occurs, otherwise we cannot do anything about it. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:13, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Who said anything about wording? The information we have implies that Gresley's skill as an engineer let him build 2-6-2 tender engines that ran better than their international rivals. I suspect that we can find a source that says this outright. Please keep a lookout for one. Shushimnotrealstooge (talk) 22:49, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

You also reply to me very, very quickly. You can absolutely sit on it and wait a few days before writing back. Shushimnotrealstooge (talk) 22:56, 8 July 2024 (UTC)