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  1. 26D_M reageerde op het topic 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 aug 2026 om 22:43

  2. 26D_M vond Ploughman's post leuk in het topic 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 aug 2026 om 21:21

  3. 26D_M vond 2J66's post leuk in het topic 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 aug 2026 om 21:20

  4. 26D_M vond 3855's post leuk in het topic SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    I was privileged to be rostered driver on 2968 during it's post gala appearance at the ELR last autumn. I was impressed by it, a very nice machine. Having driven 42765 on many occasions i would describe the Stanier version as being sure footed...

    6 aug 2026 om 15:34

  5. 26D_M vond 3855's post leuk in het topic ELR | Autumn Steam Gala | 16th-18th October 2026.

    i'd go for Jan 94. Santa operations would have got in the way during December

    6 aug 2026 om 15:34

  6. 26D_M vond mdewell's post leuk in het topic The Dinting Railway Centre.

    Hey! Size isn't everything! :eek: I'd rather watch a smaller loco working hard* than a big locomotive with 2 coaches. * Not being thrashed, just a decent sized load.

    6 aug 2026 om 15:33

  7. 26D_M vond LMS2968's post leuk in het topic SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    We don't know why but it is; the older SVR drivers who worked both it and Black Five 5110 will tell you the same. Both these engines worked eight-coach trains southbound over the Central Wales line and the difference in speed is notable; 2968's...

    6 aug 2026 om 13:57

  8. 26D_M reageerde op het topic SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    Hope you finally get the chance to go to Mallaig and prove the equal of the K1 as champion of that route.

    6 aug 2026 om 12:56

  9. 26D_M vond LMS2968's post leuk in het topic SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    As I said in #3353 I was involved in trying for a main line return in 2003 so it's been twenty-three years. As to capabilities, she's stronger than a Black Five (as were the Horwich Crabs). 'The Chester Chuffer' on 3 December 1997 loaded to...

    6 aug 2026 om 12:54
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