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chrishallam replied to the thread Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.
Good shout on the Rother Valley and L&B.
Apr 22, 2024 at 11:08 AM -
chrishallam replied to the thread Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.
Another very professional update and good logical update on the designs. Looking at the use of the specialist contractors for both the design and building, the preservation movement has come a long way from the early days of scraping pennies...
Apr 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM -
chrishallam liked SG-Canada's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Home and slowly recovering from a great 11 days in the UK. Starting to get to processing pictures and videos and posting longer form thoughts on the places we visited and the railways/trains we rode. First up as it was on our trip, a more...
Apr 20, 2024 at 11:41 PM -
chrishallam liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.
Hi Chris - yes we had 24 wagons from Rover Cars Ltd in 1992, then a further 5 in 1997. Despite being "Empty" there was a lot of compacted rust, swarf and scrap small parts of all sorts left in many of them. I'm sure scrap large castings, engine...
Apr 19, 2024 at 5:51 AM -
chrishallam liked JR4489's post in the thread Nene Valley Railway.
Yesterday, I visited the Nene Valley to see and ride behind 34081 on its first day in public service since undergoing major firebox repairs. The BBLS really have got a gorgeous loco, many thanks to the NVR for an excellent day. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Apr 18, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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chrishallam replied to the thread Windcutter Wagons.
I'd previously been told a lot of the 16T wagons had been used by an industrial carrier to store engines in. These unsecured engines rattling around were apparently what caused many of the dents in the sides... Presumably if you dropped one from...
Apr 18, 2024 at 4:49 PM
