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  1. hyboy liked The Green Howards's post in the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    Same. I don't 'get' the morbid curiosity over this event.

    Oct 24, 2026 at 2:42 PM

  2. hyboy liked Sheff's post in the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    I’m not going to like that. In fact I’m not going to watch it either.

    Oct 24, 2026 at 2:42 PM

  3. hyboy liked LMS2968's post in the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    8F 8233 made a journey over quite a distance over what was then BR with the handbrake screwed down because the WR fireman couldn't find the handbrake screw. That engine had an ex-WD tender so no dip. The handbrake screw was on what the fireman...

    Oct 24, 2026 at 2:41 PM

  4. hyboy liked peckett's post in the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    What regulations ,Who paid for the driver familarity? ,drivers would'nt work for nothing learning. I remember being on Lincoln station after doing the shed when a Midlands to the East Coast Special came in with a LMS compound ,the LNER driver who...

    Oct 24, 2026 at 2:40 PM

  5. hyboy liked Jonnie's post in the thread Spa Valley Railway - Latest News.

    Thank you. Under our structure (and as I'm a director of the Wealden Railway Company) I have the same level of responsibility and control as a CEO would, but I (personally) think it is too corporate a term and prefer General Manager. To be...

    Oct 21, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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