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  1. CH 19 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Because of the way the water level changes over a summit. If you have a loco working chimney first, as you go up the hill, the water comes to the back of the loco so the water level reads high in the glass. As you go over the summit and shut the...

    Mar 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
  2. CH 19 liked Hunslet589's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    GWR 4-4-0s were indeed daily visitors to the Southampton area - usually on trains into Southampton Terminus. There was a daily early evening return working from Reading - worked by Dukes in early years and Bulldogs latterly. Recorded sightings...

    Mar 1, 2026 at 11:40 AM
  3. CH 19 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.

    For an event in February? It's really hard to gauge demand for such an event - on the one hand, there is a constituency who might think "there's been no steam all winter, I'll go"; on the other had had the weather been poor, it might have killed...

    Mar 1, 2026 at 11:27 AM
  4. CH 19 liked Rumpole's post in the thread 30120.

    The Race is On - Help the Greyhound Return to Steam! The 563 Locomotive Group are delighted to announce, in the Swanage Railway’s 50th anniversary year, the next major milestone for Project 120 after an agreement with the National Railway Museum...

    Feb 27, 2026 at 11:31 AM