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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    Beautiful!
    Post by: Steve B, Mar 17, 2024 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bluebell Motive Power

    Thanks for that - I probably should have looked it up first, but I'd already pressed "send" before I doubted myself. Am I right in saying that the...
    Post by: Steve B, Mar 7, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Motive Power

    I also note that the Class 73 (or should that be 74?) has been out and about recently - is it formally available for traffic now? With regard to...
    Post by: Steve B, Mar 7, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Poole Park Railway

    Thanks for sharing this. I hope that you (collectively) can identify the problem and that it is easily rectifiable. All the best Steve B
    Post by: Steve B, Feb 13, 2024 in forum: Miniature Railways
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    I don't think that they are particularly linked to concrete sleepers - the NE ones predate them. As to why they are called monuments I have no...
    Post by: Steve B, Feb 10, 2024 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    That thought went through my mind as well, and I've just been looking at the report of the Sevenoaks derailment - the ballast was very much a...
    Post by: Steve B, Feb 10, 2024 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Rother Valley Railway

    I don't normally bother picking up other people's spelling mistakes (I make enough myself), but I did start to wonder why why your sister would...
    Post by: Steve B, Feb 5, 2024 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Changes at Penryhn Museum

    As seen here - https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fire_Queen_Shed,_Llanberis_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4129065.jpg
    Post by: Steve B, Jan 29, 2024 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Changes at Penryhn Museum

    The display area at Penrhyn Castle is positively palatial compared with Fire Queen's original Shed at Gilfach Ddu! Steve B
    Post by: Steve B, Jan 29, 2024 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Swanage Railway General Discussion

    Didn't the C make it via the mainline to London for a filming contract and run in steam at a mainline terminus (I can't remember which one). And...
    Post by: Steve B, Jan 29, 2024 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bluebell Motive Power

    Thanks for that - I didn't think I'd imagined it!
    Post by: Steve B, Jan 8, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Motive Power

    I remember seeing Bluebell running with actual nameplates and wondered where they had gone to. Do I take it from this that they were wooden as...
    Post by: Steve B, Jan 8, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard

    Just a thought that occurred to me which is spoken more out of curiosity than to make a point - was the paper on the roll actually a continuous...
    Post by: Steve B, Dec 24, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Motive Power

    Might it be down to the nature of the roof coverings? I seem to recall that the Bluebell tried using some form of "plastic" roof coverings at one...
    Post by: Steve B, Dec 14, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    As a general rule (and without reference to the L&B in particular as to whether their CC information is correct) the CC website is only correct if...
    Post by: Steve B, Dec 11, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    Ah! An indication of real civilisation - pen and paper. I like it! Steve B
    Post by: Steve B, Nov 21, 2023 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    60861 off the road being lifted back on at Oakleigh Park 1954

    I remember seeing another loco in the same predicament at Oakleigh Park when I was a child in the early 1960's. Just before the station the up...
    Post by: Steve B, Nov 4, 2023 in forum: Photography
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    Brecon Mountain Railway

    Given that the beginning and end sections are already 2ft gauge, just make it narrow gauge all the way to Caernarfon? Branches off to Blaenau...
    Post by: Steve B, Oct 28, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Isle of Wight Steam Railway

    PPE and antibiotics?...:confused:
    Post by: Steve B, Sep 19, 2023 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    It may just be me, but did anyone else spot the reference to the reservoir being a "kettle of fish" and start thinking about a cooked...
    Post by: Steve B, Sep 15, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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