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  1. Bikermike replied to the thread Southwold Railway.

    Have they shifted freight out there? (If only there was a handy product that can be easily moved by rail nearby... *waves at messrs Adnams*)

    Apr 26, 2024 at 10:08 PM
  2. Bikermike replied to the thread BR Standard class 6 No. 72010 'Hengist' and Clan Discussion Thread.

    Possibly not so much a concept as which order you put things. If you order wheels from facility A that uses LMS practice, they will work to standard x, but a former GWR plant will work to standard y. If you are building 1000 engine's worth of...

    Apr 26, 2024 at 9:18 PM
  3. Bikermike replied to the thread Trainspotting.

    Reading Station 1980-plonk. Country end of platform 4 (as was), there was a sign directing trainspotters there. Hoovers, HSTs, 47s, 56s, 59s, loose-coupled engineers trains. Jumpers for goalposts Marvellous...

    Apr 26, 2024 at 7:55 PM
  4. Bikermike liked James Hewett's post in the thread "Solar-powered freight train"?.

    The Halesworth to Southwold Narrow Gauge Railway CIO plans to run on 11th May at Blythburgh Station - for the first time in public - a goods train which is effectively sun-powered. Solar panels charge the lead-acid batteries in a 1930s Greenbat...

    P1130089.jpg Apr 23, 2024 at 8:35 AM