Bluenosejohn's Recent Activity
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Bluenosejohn liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Great Central Railway General Matters.
Nice to see steam back in operation today! [ATTACH]
Aug 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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Bluenosejohn liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.
Well #403 has lots missing, #067 has a mostly black inside and chassis rails and #676 has a finished sub assembly fixed end (We are still awaiting the new "W" iron). [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Aug 30, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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Bluenosejohn liked 5944's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Boots No. 1 (Andrew Barclay 1984/1930) being charged up today by 7828 at Minehead today, while BBC Points West carried out some filming. 7802 and 9351 on service trains. Plenty of noise from the Manor but both were...
Aug 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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Bluenosejohn liked GWJ's post in the thread The Gwili Railway thread.
Visited yesterday - due to the fire risk the 03 was the motive power for our 4 coach train which ran as far as Llwyfan Cerrig. Apparently it had difficulty reaching 4th gear and we pootled along at about 15mph. At Llwyfan Cerrig the engine...
Aug 30, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Bluenosejohn liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
Crampton Locomotive - this is a project that for a long time seemed to have gone into abeyance, but has flared into life over the last year or two, with really significant progress. https://cramptonlocomotivetrust.org/ The website has had a...
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Bluenosejohn liked Jamessquared's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
The “memories” function of my phone just popped this up - 19 years ago to the day. [ATTACH] Tom
Aug 30, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Bluenosejohn liked 45045's post in the thread Oil Firing.
It is a good job we only use oil and gas for transport fuels. It we were to use it for other things like road surfaces, pharmaceuticals, plastics for insulation, fertilizer, then we would still need some for these products, but as it is only...
Aug 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM -
Bluenosejohn liked brennan's post in the thread Oil Firing.
Ah, so we may as well shut everything down. That'll save a lot of worries about fundraising to keep heritage railways running. If you read the Guardian this is what you must expect.......
Aug 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM -
Bluenosejohn liked brennan's post in the thread Oil Firing.
In the book "British Steam on the Pampas" the author, DS Purdom who was the CME of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway until 1951, devotes a section to the subject of oil firing. He notes that over 500 locomotives used oil fuel with no...
Aug 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM
