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  1. 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

  2. jnc liked mdewell's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    And there was me thinking you legal types preferred to use a dozen words where one will do. ;):D

    Sep 4, 2026 at 9:52 AM

  3. jnc liked Robin Moira White's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    IMHO Q’s WRT the K&ESR & RVR R OK.

    Sep 4, 2026 at 9:50 AM

  4. jnc liked Fireline's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    When we built the first extension, from Bodiam headshunt to just short of Udiam Farm, the stone did indeed come in to Rye Harbour. Then it was brought by lorry directly to a convenient location on the works. I was there one day we ballasted, and...

    Sep 4, 2026 at 9:49 AM

  5. jnc replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    The OP might have only been wondering if the original report ("I believe the ballast ... came from a quarry in the west of Scotland by ship to Rye Harbour then by lorry") was accurate, about Rye. Noel

    Sep 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM

  6. jnc liked Mark Thompson's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    If the ballast is coming in via the network, its origins are pretty much immaterial.

    Sep 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM

  7. jnc replied to the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    The Civil Engineering blog a while back (14 July 2025) observed that some were removed because they had "reach[ed the] end of their life": CRC - Pine tree removal. Also, for those who are missing their weekly 'hit' of "Heritage Herald", last...

    Sep 3, 2026 at 11:10 PM

  8. jnc liked Dumb buffer's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    BR managed it during the loco exchanges where they fitted a Stanier tender to a bullied Pacific so it could use water troughs. I would have thought water connections standard now and you may need a new connector bar but not impossible. Picture...

    Sep 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM

  9. jnc liked Spamcan81's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I stand to be corrected but I don’t think it’s as simple as just connecting a tender from loco type A to loco type B, especially if they are from different railways.

    Sep 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM

  10. jnc liked Dunfanaghy Road's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Yeoman Bridge and one of her sisters used to deliver to Southampton Western Docks from Glensanda. They got around, anywhere from the North Sa to North America. My only query about this is this: could Rye handle a ship this big? Pat

    Sep 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM

  11. jnc liked Wenlock's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    When I worked for Railfreight Construction, I recall that there was a Quarry on the West Coast of Scotland, I think it was operated by Foster Yeoman. It was a 'glory hole' quarry. A shaft had been sunk, and an adit from the foot of the shaft,...

    Sep 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM

  12. jnc liked 2857Harry's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.

    It is funded through the WMRE. It’s a really joined up, collaborative scheme which is designed to test the water. There’s no loser in it at all. SVR get paid to run it as a contract job, so can’t lose. WMRE fund it, and get the data needed to...

    Sep 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM

  13. jnc liked Streetert's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    [ATTACH] https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/09/bridge-19-iii-early-sep-26-update.html Its been a while since I've been here. News and life is moving so fast on this Railway. (No feet were used this side of the fence wire).

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  14. jnc replied to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.

    A lamentable sign of our times, alas. Noel

    Sep 3, 2026 at 12:16 PM

  15. jnc liked ghost's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.

    I really hope no-one answers that question on here. It should be very obvious why it would not be a good idea.

    Sep 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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