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jnc liked Ploughman's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
The type in use as personnel carriers on the Trans Pennine Upgrade 4 tracking are by Thwaites and are converted Road rail 5 Tonne Dumpers They have been in use since the mid 90's often on worksites that are a distance from an access or are in a...
Sep 14, 2026 at 10:06 PM -
jnc liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
We are currently working on the reverse curve, roughly between Junction road and Salehurst. We laid 80m today, and aim to complete 400m by the end of the week, to join up with an earlier bit laid by the future passing loop, near Austens Rother...
Sep 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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jnc liked Vulcan Works's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Any heritage railway raising £400k in the current climate is impressive. Obviously more to do though. Bridge design and repair works can be phased to suit cashflow although a longer project duration can lead to a higher overall cost e.g. the...
Sep 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM -
jnc liked Big Al's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
That video about the Nelsons reminded me of all the detail that I had forgotten about the class and that I had also experienced. I had forgotten that there were differences across the class, not that I noticed that when I travelled behind them...
Sep 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM -
jnc liked Matt78's post in the thread The Gwili Railway thread.
Platforms revealed….
Sep 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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jnc liked Nick C's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
From what I've seen of other projects, like the Bluebell's regular replacements, the track laying itself is pretty quick - the time consuming bit is preparing the bed for it to go on, getting it all smooth and at the correct attitude, working out...
Sep 14, 2026 at 11:34 AM -
jnc liked WorkingPressure225's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
35011 has been restored and is running as Eddystone’s support coach on the mainline. 21205 is not in passenger service.
Sep 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM -
jnc liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
Fear not, nothing is the matter. Dave is on holiday, and through a combination of factors I haven't and won't be in on a Saturday for a period of about 6 weeks or so (withdrawal symptoms kicking in). Normal service will resume on Tuesday I think....
Sep 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM -
jnc replied to the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
Anyone know what's going on with the C+W blog? There are normally several postings per week, but the last update was on 4 September? The writing of posts is normally shared between several people, so if one were out, I would have thought we'd...
Sep 13, 2026 at 12:16 PM -
jnc liked Mark Thompson's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
The pace is really set by civil engineering (bridges/ drainage/ embankments to be rebuilt, coupled with accessibility. Thats why its being done in a particular order, rather than sequentially.
Sep 13, 2026 at 2:55 AM -
jnc liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Patience! Track laying is generally one week per month, not every week. You ask when our wonderful K&ESR volunteer P Way team will run out of trackbed - the construction programme anticipates we run out of trackbed on which to lay any more track...
Sep 13, 2026 at 2:55 AM -
jnc liked Streetert's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
They're busyy making another 360m https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/09/section-5b-track-laying-1.html [ATTACH]
Sep 12, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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jnc liked A1X 32670's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
New from the RVR is a report showing the progress we made this week. Was far better temperatures to work in though Tuesdays rain reached parts you never knew could get wet!! We are back laying track next week....
Sep 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM -
jnc liked Cuckoo Line's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
And Tom's last issue apparrently !! You'll be a hard act to follow and best wishes to the new editor
Sep 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
The latest issue of The Bluebell Times is here. In this issue: Network SouthEast-themed gala is a red, white and blue success Running the railway - behind the scenes Q class No 541 to get its Bulleid chimney back Volunteer opportunities -...
Sep 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
