26D_Ms letzte Aktivitäten
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26D_M gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.
2968 'on spec' is a theoretical 4.5% stronger loco than an 'on spec' Black 5 but that's only a simple analysis. If hauling a train, the balancing force of the Black 5 was (say) 23,000 lbf, that would leave 2,455 lbf lf available for...
7 August 2026 um 19:25 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Saphos Trains 2026.
Great report as always David. I'm bound to say it but you had "Fellsman Weather[emoji769]" .....
7 August 2026 um 15:51 -
26D_M gefällt GOEdwardss Beitrag in dem Thema The Dinting Railway Centre.
You could probably include Bulmers in Hereford under this; only visited once but it was interesting to mooch around.
7 August 2026 um 12:20 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema The Dinting Railway Centre.
Wasn't there some idea about using the Stocksbridge branch or part of the Woodhead?
7 August 2026 um 09:54 -
26D_M gefällt Selsigs Beitrag in dem Thema The Dinting Railway Centre.
Was that the erstwhile South Yorkshire Railway at Meadowhall? I think that had a brief stint in Penistone. John
7 August 2026 um 09:53 -
26D_M gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema The Dinting Railway Centre.
Theee was a short lived scheme at Penistone which later moved to a site in north Sheffield (Chapeltown?). Didn’t Harry Needle have some of his locos there?
7 August 2026 um 08:35 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.
Thinking more of a one off under VT than on the Jacobite itself but I agree it would be logistically difficult. There was a proposal to try the mogul up there though at one time, as I recall, but it fell through. Very well suited I would imagine.
6 August 2026 um 22:43 -
26D_M gefällt Ploughmans Beitrag in dem Thema The Dinting Railway Centre.
Steamport could have been a decent centre, but the place does not qualify as it was not new to rail having been a shed. The state of the roof was a major problem. A Scarborough Spa type service to Wigan and Manchester or maybe to Preston and...
6 August 2026 um 21:21 -
26D_M gefällt 2J66s Beitrag in dem Thema The Dinting Railway Centre.
Your memory is correct. I started as a volunteer there in c1969 when the intention was to open the line between Stubbins Junction (on the current ELR) and Haslingden Grane Road where the overbridge had been taken out. The removal of the track...
6 August 2026 um 21:20
