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  1. ghost liked 35B's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    Not to mention that the costs of doing this at standard gauge are much, much, greater than 2ft gauge

    Sep 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM

  2. ghost liked 73108's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    Given the vast expense of building a new loco from scratch, I suspect 'some people' would be a vanishingly small number compared to, for example, those interested in forking out towards the prospect of seeing an A1 or P2 out and about on the main...

    Sep 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM

  3. ghost liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.

    Another workday saw more metal(rust) cut away from the end of B573403. We are still awaiting the new "W" iron for B560676 but have done more prep work and undersealing. A lot of time (and effort!) was spent loading our scrap steel into a skip...

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  4. ghost liked Andy B's post in the thread 76077.

    It’s only been 3 weeks since my last update but we’ve had a good month with work progressing at leaky finders, LMS Loughborough and the GWSR. At LMS the two piston heads have been split from the rods. As we’ve had to take out more metal in boring...

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  5. ghost liked pmh_74's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.

    Only four! You'll be wanting some contract work soon at this rate...

    Sep 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM

  6. ghost liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.

    Another "Wagon Wednesday" saw more progress on the sub assembly fixed end and building up, by welding, of the headstock in preparation for the new fixed end. The three vacuum cylinders were also prepped and painted, as we were inside due to the...

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  7. ghost liked Wenlock's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    But charged for at the per-word rate for each letter of the abbreviation.

    Sep 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM

  8. ghost liked mdewell's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    And there was me thinking you legal types preferred to use a dozen words where one will do. ;):D

    Sep 4, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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