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Breva liked FearOfManchester's post in the thread Glyn Valley.
I was in the area a few weekends ago and had a good nose about, there’s a lot going on at chirk I noticed so thought I would drop some images from their page for those who wish to avail themselves. Quite an exciting little railway: The pile of...
May 13, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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Breva liked FearOfManchester's post in the thread Helston Railway.
More sleepers laid towards helston and the newly acquired viaduct, I believe approx 800 metres of trackbed is in railway ownership beyond truthall halt. [ATTACH] clearance work on the viaduct has already begun: [ATTACH]
May 13, 2026 at 6:02 AM
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Breva liked FearOfManchester's post in the thread Peak Rail General Discussion.
Darley dale station bridge update: The bridge components have returned and are at rowsley ready for the engineering dept to get their teeth into the many hundreds of rivets, and of course paint: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Padstones are...
May 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Breva liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That has all been very quiet, which has to be unusual for such an event. I've seen nothing on what happened elsewhere other than a 'Swiss Cheese' happening and only a couple of third hand comments on what actually happened.
May 12, 2026 at 5:14 PM -
Breva liked brennan's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The fuel/air mix , unless some very sophisticated controls have been installed, is manually controlled. Achieving smokeless combustion on flash up is practically impossible but the control of smoke when under load will improve as crews gain...
May 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM -
Breva liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
Those 25NC were wonderful Cape Gauge (3 ft 6 inch) mixed traffic 4-8-4s. Below is 3467 on the 21 coach up Oranje Express on 12 July 1991. Some years after the train was dieselised, but returned to steam sometimes towards the end as part of the...
May 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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Breva replied to the thread A day out in the Cotswolds.
My wife cannot believe how you drove down the narrow road at Aston Sub Edge... She's convinced it's AI.
May 7, 2026
