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Chris86 liked marshall5's post in the thread Isle Of Man Steam Railway.
This is supposed to be the 'as built' livery even down to the different lining and is quite dark in reality - sometimes it is hard to judge from a photo. Ray.
Jul 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM -
Chris86 liked marshall5's post in the thread Isle Of Man Steam Railway.
I'm sure that, for many, one of the highlights of this year's Heritage Transport Festival would have been the unveiling, yesterday evening, of cosmetically restored loco. No.9 Douglas and recently restored "Royal" saloon F36. Almost all the work...
Jul 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Chris86 liked LMS2968's post in the thread Steam on the Lickey..
[IMG] The first preserved working over the Lickey, 22 November 1997. Photo Nick Harrison.
Jul 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM -
Chris86 liked Wagoniester's post in the thread News from The Talyllyn.
Those who love Thomas often get marginalised but the Talyllyn is perhaps one of the few, if not the ONLY place where you can step into the books, as many of the illustrations for the Skarloey Railway stories were based on locations on this place....
Jul 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Chris86 liked Duty Druid's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
It were a strange day atop the hill yesterday, we had no idea jsut what the weather was going to do, nor did we know exactly what was in the yard given that there#s been a major shunt........ Turns out the weather improved through out the...
Jul 20, 2025
