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Breva liked Andy B's post in the thread 76077.
Another month has flown by with some more progress. Work has continued at LMS on the cylinder cladding, made some years ago we decided it needed some tweaking for a better fit. The two new sand boxes have had the sand traps fitted up and soon we...
Jun 1, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Breva replied to the thread Remaining Ex Barry locomotives?.
Although there is string round the chimney it looks like the associated piece of tarp is no longer there. The missing chimney cover over many years became very expensive for 76077 :(
May 31, 2026 at 5:16 PM -
Breva replied to the thread Helston Railway.
WSR, anyone?
May 30, 2026 at 6:52 PM -
Breva liked jnc's post in the thread Helston Railway.
Well, we've never seen that before in the heritage railway world, have we? Noel
May 30, 2026 at 6:52 PM -
Breva replied to the thread 37025 back in service at Bo'ness.
What do you think of the scene when Francis got a whiteboard out., and in a fine felt tip pen, listed every single class 37 by number? He then went on to outline them all, with a little cameo of each, to Chris , who was nodding off? Francis, no...
May 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM -
Breva liked SECR 65's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Repton is an express passenger engine built for the Hastings Line. Long, heavy trains, at fast speeds. It's a powerful engine, especially for such a narrow loading gauge. But as soon as you take it backwards up a steep hill at 25mph, it can't do...
May 28, 2026 at 11:53 AM -
Breva liked Drewry Car's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Sort of, as it was created by predictive text. Definitely guilty as charged though! The disconcerting issue for me are the three typical responses to corrections.. "Does it matter?" "Language evolves" "Don't be such a Grammar N**i" In other...
May 27, 2026 at 6:39 PM -
Breva replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That's 'it don't matter'...
May 27, 2026 at 5:36 PM -
Breva liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread GWSR | Cotswold Festival of Steam Gala | 23-25 May 2026.
I would have thought the comment was the amazement of the police actually having 4 officers available. It certainly would be down here in Dorset, where an attempted Post Office robbery by a guy with a knife met with a 16 hour response time a few...
May 26, 2026
