Dan Hill's Recent Activity
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Dan Hill replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
I think there was a plan a couple of years ago for Sharpthorn to be cosmetically restored for display in Steamworks alongside Stepney (the idea being to have the loco that helped build the line be displayed alongside the first loco or the...
Mar 1, 2026 at 8:24 PM -
Dan Hill liked OldSchoolTrains2's post in the thread Swanage Railway | Spring Steam Gala | 27th-29th March 2026.
That's really interesting because I do see where John Petley is coming from but was heading to this thread originally to express the opposite opinion! When I was a kid in the 1980/90s, I can remember going to Swanage at the end of a summer...
Mar 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM -
Dan Hill replied to the thread Didcot Railway Centre.
I too thought it was supposed be based at the GWSR (although the project, or an earlier incarnation, was originally a Didcot one I think), but then a Didcot resident has contributed a number of parts towards it's construction and Didcot has...
Feb 24, 2026 at 8:23 PM -
Dan Hill liked Sidmouth's post in the thread Didcot Railway Centre.
That I feel is a shame for the Churchward County . I thought its home was to be the GWSR which would have happily allowed it to stretch its legs without over stretching itself Having been stood alongside it recently it is quite imposing and if...
Feb 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM -
Dan Hill liked Alex Productions's post in the thread Riley and Son Ltd: Locomotive Engineers.
I'm always amazed by the quick turn arounds Riley does for the Fives. Hope 45407 will come back down South again, been ages since I've seen it.
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Dan Hill liked 35B's post in the thread 6024 King Edward 1.
In which case, it has to be asked why LSL chose to spend so much money on work on 6024 when it was so nearly ready? This outsider, with no axe to grind either way, finds that surprising - unless there were issues with either the work done or the...
Feb 23, 2026
