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3ABescot liked meeee's post in the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.
Welsh Pony has been repaired however it still needs it's annual boiler exam before it can enter service again. Blanche is stopped now pending a bottom end overhaul. James Spooner is now in the works having stay repairs. Likely to be back out...
Jun 24, 2026 at 3:06 PM -
3ABescot liked acorb's post in the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.
Quite remarkable statement really given the size of the FR's fleet, only 3 locos are in long term storage, everything else is either active or under repair. I remember reading something that it is current policy to keep locos operational, as...
Jun 24, 2026 at 3:04 PM -
3ABescot liked 46229's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
I must admit that I’m surprised they have gone ahead with this when the strong message from national rail and TOCs today is ‘do not travel unless absolutely necessary’.
Jun 24, 2026 at 1:26 PM -
3ABescot liked JBTEvans's post in the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026.
Sensible !
Jun 22, 2026 at 6:22 PM -
3ABescot liked 5944's post in the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026.
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Jun 22, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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3ABescot liked 46229's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
With the freakish and frankly dangerous temperatures forecast on Wednesday there must be some doubt that the WME will run. 38C along the Marches with 39 or even 40 around Bristol possible according to the MO.
Jun 22, 2026 at 3:57 PM -
3ABescot liked Oswald T Wistle's post in the thread WCME & CME 2026.
It was forecast to be a sunny afternoon with light winds, it was to be Tangmere (again) and today Oswald was going to Langho. Now I'm not fond of Langho (station) with its narrow platforms but today I was not going to the station, I was going to...
Jun 21, 2026 at 5:02 PM -
3ABescot liked Shep Woolley's post in the thread WCME & CME 2026.
[ATTACH] Running an hour or so late SR BoB class No. 34067 'Tangmere' speeds through Beckfoot with the northbound 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' toward Tebay and on to Carlisle with Mick Kelly driving and Matt Anderson on the shovel, the crew will...
Jun 21, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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3ABescot liked nige757's post in the thread WCME & CME 2026.
34067 with the late running CME seen from the site of the old Scout Green Signal Box with the last shot taken by the culvert so a lot of vibration as Tangmere thundered over. [MEDIA]
Jun 20, 2026 at 5:24 PM -
3ABescot liked torgormaig's post in the thread National Railway Museum.
And in other NRM news the 1845 built LNWR 2-2-2 "Columbine" returned to York yesterday and is temporally displayed on the turntable. A former resident of the old York Museum it has spent much of the last century in the city. In the 1990s it was...
Jun 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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3ABescot liked garth manor's post in the thread National Railway Museum.
Contrast the NRM and the superb use of technology in Hopetown, engaging young people, the selfie opps, how many actually record the moving Skerne Bridge painting on their phones, the excellent multi media interpretative presentations during the...
Jun 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM -
3ABescot replied to the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
Thanks for the further explanation, I was mixing up issues, but it does seem odd about this lack of clearances coming up lately.
Jun 19, 2026 at 3:20 PM
