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  1. Dan Hill replied to the thread Spa Valley Railway - Latest News.

    I popped over to the B&M and Sainsburys at Tunbridge Wells West with my parents earlier and a Polar service arrived while we were in the former and plenty of people got off and plenty more gathering for the following service, although I'm not...

    Dec 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM

  2. Dan Hill liked Jonnie's post in the thread Spa Valley Railway - Latest News.

    Some other news! BR Standard 4MT 80078 is working on 29th and 30th December with our post-Christmas Polar trains; they have sold well, with the 17:30 show having just left full (6 TSOs). We then see 80078 head off to its Essex shed for Winter...

    Dec 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM

  3. Dan Hill liked torgormaig's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.

    The part of that day that I remember was going across from York to Carnforth with the loco and support coach. We passed through Leeds at about 6am and found ourselves running alongside a Pacer on the next road. The driver was clearly enjoying...

    Dec 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM

  4. Dan Hill replied to the thread 2026 Entries/Returnees and Withdrawals.

    I think one of the magazines mentioned 75014 at Dartmouth Steam Railway being withdrawn in 2026.

    Dec 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM

  5. Dan Hill replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    71000 Duke of Gloucester has been announced as the first Giants visitor.

    Dec 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM

  6. Dan Hill replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    60532 and 71000 feel like the most likely candidates to me. 5029 and 4079 could be possibilities, but recent events have seen quite a few GWR visitors (7714, 1369 and 7812 for the 2024 Branch Line Weekend, 2999 and 6880 for Giants this year,...

    Dec 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM

  7. Dan Hill replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    Following on from the announcement of the visitors for the Spring Steam Gala, the Bluebell posted are making a visitor announcement for Giants of Steam tomorrow, saying you want to miss this one.

    Dec 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM

  8. Dan Hill liked 5944's post in the thread Great Central Railway General Matters.

    https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BKiWdrRkK/ Pay What You Can Afford Day – Thank You For Supporting GCR We’ve been truly humbled by the number of people who’ve got in touch to say they’d still like to donate, even though they’re unable to join...

    Dec 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM

  9. Dan Hill liked torgormaig's post in the thread Flying Scotsman.

    Following on from this a friend at the NRM has sent me this interesting photograph of Flying Scotsman's weigh shaft. Not only is it stamped 103 and 4472 but if you look carefully at the first 4 of 4472 you can see that it has been stamped over...

    IMG-20251222-WA0000 copy.jpg Dec 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM

  10. Dan Hill liked blink bonny's post in the thread Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread).

    How 'original' was any loco after its first service? When a loco went into the works and a faulty part was discovered, or a replacement needed for planned maintenance, then a part was simply taken off a shelf from the inventory of...

    Dec 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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