jnc's Recent Activity
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jnc liked Big Al's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Dropped into the Railway on Sunday for a family activity linked to a visit to the Everyday Brew Co. on the Bluebell Industrial Estate behind Sheffield Park station. (Nice craft ales, by the way.) Pleased to see their Diesel Gala supported well...
Sep 7, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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jnc liked std tank's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
34004 was fitted with Class 5 tender No. 10411 and 34005 received No. 10346. Both locos went to Brighton Works for the conversion. The pipe connections between engine and tender look very similar on both tenders. A new intermediate drawbar would...
Sep 6, 2026 at 11:18 PM -
jnc liked Dead Sheep's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
Now that the dust has settled after the launch of commuter services, does anyone have any insight into the number of regular commuters using the service?
Sep 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM -
jnc liked Duty Druid's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
After giving last weekend a miss, as some of us had business elsewhere, four like minded folk gathered atop the hill yesterday to carry on resurrecting the workshop PMV. Two lads spent the day derusting, red oxiding and undercoating as much of...
Sep 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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jnc liked Matt78's post in the thread The Gwili Railway thread.
it’s the stone arch bridge before the station. The arch is generally sound but as might be expected some of the masonry requires attention.
Sep 6, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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jnc liked M59137's post in the thread North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.
This will be a fairly rare opportunity for a complete 19th-century-built formation to run on the line. Whilst often marketed as the Victorian train, it's usually hauled by 20th century locomotives! Sent from my moto g85 5G using Tapatalk
Sep 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM -
jnc liked paul1609's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
You are correct the Northiam to Bodiam ballast came by small coaster in to Rye from Dean Quarry on the Lizard Peninsula. There were plans at the time for the quarry to be developed in to a super quarry but it eventually closed in around 2005.
Sep 6, 2026 at 12:16 AM -
jnc replied to the thread The Gwili Railway thread.
That first image seems to show a bridge? If so, I wonder what shape it's in; is it a stone/masonry construct, which time/water won't much damage, or is there more iron than just the railings? Noel
Sep 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM -
jnc liked Matt78's post in the thread The Gwili Railway thread.
Some activity at the northern end as the track bed between Conwil station and Bridge 10 is cleared. Hopefully more news on this front soon.
Sep 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That would be a rarity! Tom
Sep 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM -
jnc liked Mark Thompson's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
I'm very much looking forward to seeing how the logistics of getting the deck to that location plays out. Are there any other major structures between this and bridge 12, does anyone recall? "The life expired abutments are now waiting processing...
Sep 4, 2026 at 8:14 PM -
jnc replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Yes; there is a series of posts about this bridge; an earlier one shows the start of the replacement span being fabricated. Noel
Sep 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM -
jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There would need to be some alteration to the locos brake pipework to provide a steam supply for the tender. Basically it would be simply tee-ing into the feed to the brake cylinder and providing the additional pipework, support and connections....
Sep 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
For an experiment under controlled conditions, nothing to stop you temporarily disabling the tender brakes for the duration of the swap. The crews were hand-picked and could be briefed for the reduced braking performance light engine; and with a...
Sep 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM -
jnc replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
They have a Web-site here; the written content is mostly the usual useless marketing pfaff which could have been written by a particularly bad AI (Douglas Adams was clearly wrong about who'd be first on the B ark; the author of this lot would...
Sep 4, 2026 at 10:16 AM
