jnc's Recent Activity
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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.
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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....
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jnc odgovara u temi 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...
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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.
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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...
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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]
12. Rujan 2026. u 09:58
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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....
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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
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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 -...
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jnc liked H Cloutt's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Junction Road Crossing was on the One Network a couple of weeks ago but disappeared after a couple of days.
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jnc liked lynbarn's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Hi all, I totally agree with what the last 3 writers have said. I have been saying the same thing for years about a certain 2ft gauge rail in the West Country. I do take the heritage aspect of this very seriously, but the reality is that it needs...
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jnc 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
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jnc 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...
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jnc liked Fireline's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
I'm afraid that the "light railway vision" is fabulous, but doesn't pay the rent. The fact is, we need engines that can get 5 mk1's up Tenterden bank. The ethos of getting "whatever is available" was prevalent at the start of preservation, but...
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jnc liked lynbarn's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
The whole issue of what steam locomotives to acquire for each railway is full of unexploded mines, while part of me would like to see a few more locos from Java or even Cuba, for that matter, back here in the UK; the realistic side of me asks the...
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