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Jamessquared liked Robin's post in the thread [Apr 18, 2024] Severn Valley Railway 2024 Spring Steam Gala (Severn Valley Railway).
Possibly another reason to run with two was the need to put the set in the siding at Hampton Loade. I'm not sure there would be room to get a third coach in without fouling the running line.
Apr 23, 2024 at 2:34 PM -
Jamessquared replied to the thread [Apr 18, 2024] Severn Valley Railway 2024 Spring Steam Gala (Severn Valley Railway).
I doubt you’d ever get an event that appealed to everyone! It’s clear even from this limited discussion that some of the people who like little old Victorian things are a bit meh about big Pacifics and vice versa; and you’d probably find a third...
Apr 23, 2024 at 1:57 PM -
Jamessquared liked 6026 King John's post in the thread [Apr 18, 2024] Severn Valley Railway 2024 Spring Steam Gala (Severn Valley Railway).
An interesting debate but it's very much a personal viewpoint and just because a particular gala doesn't "rock your boat" it doesn't mean to say it's bad. There are a great number of events going on and unless you have unlimited time and money...
Apr 22, 2024 at 8:41 PM -
Jamessquared liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I don’t have my copies of the M&As to hand, but I think I remember words there about voting rights only being removed when monies owed are more than 3 months overdue. If I’m right, and membership has only “not been renewed”, then it’s hard to see...
Apr 22, 2024 at 6:35 PM -
Jamessquared replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Of course, an organisation that retained your personal data beyond the point at which they needed it for the stated business purpose might be on somewhat sticky ground in GDPR terms ;) Too soon? :) Tom
Apr 22, 2024 at 3:46 PM -
Jamessquared liked Pete Thornhill's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Funnily enough I was just catching up and thinking exactly the same thing when I read your post, and remember well how the WSR thread was the same as you say. Mod note - Please can we try to remain on the subject this thread is about - the L&B...
Apr 22, 2024 at 1:13 PM -
Jamessquared liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
This thread seems to be suffering in the same way the WSR threads used to during their crises; when things went quiet for a bit a number of people who posted almost exclusively on that one thread got restless not having anything new to talk about...
Apr 22, 2024 at 11:49 AM -
Jamessquared liked Sheff's post in the thread P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
At one time back in the gung-ho pre-Covid past the Trust was proposing a rake of Mk2 or Mk3s retrofitted with toplights c/w video screens streaming live footage from loco cams etc. There was even the inevitable livery debate with LNER cream and...
Apr 22, 2024 at 11:39 AM -
Jamessquared liked Maunsell907's post in the thread Loco 76017.
Maunsell Moguls ( U/U1, not sure about N) occasionally, particularly Summer Saturdays, hauled the Kentish ( formerly Thanet ) Belle Pullman twixt Ramsgate and Victoria during the mid to late 1950s. I think N 2-6-0s on occasion handled the...
Apr 22, 2024 at 10:54 AM -
Jamessquared attached a file to the thread The Great Northern Railway 0-4-2 Locomotive No. 551.
James Stirling's first proposal for what became the SER O Class 0-6-0 was for an 0-4-2; that was rejected but the design was revised into the 0-6-0 we know. Had the 0-4-2 been built, presumably it would have been very similar to the G&SWR 0-4-2s....
Apr 22, 2024 at 6:58 AM
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Jamessquared liked bluetrain's post in the thread The Great Northern Railway 0-4-2 Locomotive No. 551.
Thanks for publishing this item on the GNR 0-4-2 mixed traffic engines. The 0-4-2 arrangement was popular in mid-19th Century Scotland for both mixed-traffic and freight work, with both Patrick and James Stirling building substantial numbers on...
Apr 22, 2024 at 6:37 AM -
Jamessquared replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I'm only going on your summation, and not on the full accounts, but a very striking number is the decline in donations between the two years: 2022 - £747k 2023 - £323k There's over £400k difference there. Is there a structural reason for that -...
Apr 20, 2024 at 5:38 PM
