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jnc liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That sounds quite different to a Flood Risk Activity Permit (FRAP) which is what I suspect most people are thinking of, even if they didn't know that's what it was. However, upon checking the EA website, that bit of river is not a statutory main...
Apr 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
The purists will be complaining about the LSWR headcode with a BR livery :rolleyes: Tom
Apr 2, 2026 at 1:48 AM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
No half measures with research here! Tom
Apr 2, 2026 at 1:46 AM -
jnc liked Miff's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Something similar (Bodiam dismantled and left in the open for years) has already been done in the preservation era at various times in the '80s & '90s. Nostalgic though I am for the Col. Stephens era, hopefully not again any time soon :)
Apr 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM -
jnc liked paul1609's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Problem is if you look at the condition of the underside of the bridge in the photos in the planning application theres a good chance you'd ideally need to carry out some work prior to propping the bridge. That work would need planning permission...
Apr 1, 2026 at 3:36 PM -
jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Propping the bridge and the planning permission are two different things. Because the bridge is a listed structure the proposed repairs require listed building approval (planning permission). Propping the bridge does not affect the structure and...
Apr 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM -
jnc replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
I guess I'm not very awake either! Tom's original post was so long, and detailed (much work to create, surely) that it was easy to get taken in, if one had forgotten the date! Noel
Apr 1, 2026 at 3:34 PM -
jnc liked Paul.Uni's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Someone didn't take note of todays date.
Apr 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM -
jnc liked David Mylchreest's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
While I don't in the slightest object to new build locomotives, the more the better, I do think that 9017 is an historic locomotive in it's own right and should be curated as such. The Bluebell is totally wrong in this piece of vandalism
Apr 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM -
jnc liked Mark Thompson's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
...and now, about the liveries. BR black for both?
Apr 1, 2026 at 11:03 AM -
jnc liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Reading through all this again, there's no mention of propping the bridge that I could see. There's a wraparound scaffolding structure to be built to allow access to the arch for repairs. That's going to be several weeks to install and remove,...
Apr 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
The Bluebell Railway will announce today that it plans to reconstruct new build "Duke" and "Bulldog" locos, using the existing "Dukedog" as a source of parts. The need arises from the published locomotive policy, which requires four "medium"...
Apr 1, 2026 at 9:58 AM -
jnc liked Matt78's post in the thread The Gwili Railway thread.
The new canopy is erected at Abergwili and the TSO is getting new seats fitted ahead of a return to service.
Mar 31, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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jnc liked RichardSalmon's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
It was only at the weekend that I heard about the plan to turn 80151 to face North. My assumption is that it's for a loco line-up (like last year's with the four new-builds, at the North end of Horsted Keynes) at Giants. Doing it when there's a...
Mar 31, 2026 at 1:15 AM -
jnc liked richards's post in the thread Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates.
Embsay has always been a railway running industrial tank engines with (mainly) mark 1 carriages. As a result, the mainstream steam enthusiasts tend to give it a miss. What they've achieved is amazing with what they've got, and they should be...
Mar 30, 2026 at 3:05 PM
