Текущая активность jnc
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jnc нравится сообщение Wagoniester в теме Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Given how much it has cost to do restorations of locos such as 4110 and 4150 recently completed, I envisage a restoration of 80100 getting little-to-no change from £1million at the very least. In some ways, it does tell a story by showing how...
19 сен 2026 в 13:52 -
jnc нравится сообщение lynbarn в теме Kent & East Sussex Railway.
I have been doing a bit more digging on this loco, and I have now been told the reason why it never came back was that it is out of gauge for most of the UK heritage railways
19 сен 2026 в 13:41 -
jnc ответил(а) в теме North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
What the current management needs to take on board, in a big way, is that most of the 'carping' that seems to upset them is actually coming from people who deeply care for the railway! If they didn't care about the line, they'd just be quiet,...
19 сен 2026 в 13:39 -
jnc нравится сообщение Pete Thornhill в теме North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Ironically, this is another classic example of a post that tells us someone is listening to stories but doesn’t give any insight whatsoever. From my reading this is one of the main issues - a lack of transparency. It’s really not hard to see...
19 сен 2026 в 13:29 -
jnc нравится сообщение Steve в теме North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
John, what volunteers (and others) want is the truth and not just spin. I quoted two instances in the Thomas event and Br 42. Simply saying Thomas covered it’s costs is being economical with the truth. By how much did it cover its costs. 50p or...
19 сен 2026 в 13:28 -
jnc нравится сообщение 60044 в теме North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The problem seems to be that, like Moors Line, the weekly volunteer update is about "spin", which is why some of us at least, barely bother to glance at the magazine and have cancelled our membership, until the time when it reverts to being even...
19 сен 2026 в 13:27 -
jnc нравится сообщение Mark Thompson в теме Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
I think this may have something to do with synthetic roof coverings, versus traditional canvas. I know that in the past, the Brighton First did have a synthetic (plastic) roof covering, which proved to be less than optimum against hot cinders....
19 сен 2026 в 13:26 -
jnc нравится сообщение Kentish Railways в теме Rother Valley Railway.
Without wanting to get too diverted, the signaller to interlocking is not safety critical as the interlocking, if the signaller to interlocking messes up you may have a mis-route but not a crashed train. This is why Area Signalling Centres (or...
19 сен 2026 в 11:05 -
jnc нравится сообщение Jamessquared в теме Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
I guess that is covered by the "unless authorised by the ops manager" bit then! ;) There was a brief period (probably in the 1990s?) when a plastic material was used for roof coverings rather than traditional canvas. The experiment was stopped...
18 сен 2026 в 21:40 -
jnc нравится сообщение Breva в теме Rother Valley Railway.
Here is a picture of the last connecting piece of rail being dropped in. [ATTACH] This is also the site of the future passing loop. We took pictures of the team, I'm not sure if I may post this, so check out the RVR blog, who had a...
18 сен 2026 в 21:31
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jnc нравится сообщение Breva в теме Rother Valley Railway.
An excellent fifth track laying day today. Thanks to a boost in volunteers today, and the availability of a second 360, we were able to lay 5 1/2 track panels, and actually connect with the through road of the loop. The word is that this week we...
18 сен 2026 в 21:31 -
jnc ответил(а) в теме North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I wish NP had a button for 'I heartily approve of your post, but I'm very sad at the content'; "Like" might be taken to mean one likes what the post says, and so I can't bring myself to click it. I cannot say that I'm terribly surprised at the...
18 сен 2026 в 20:54 -
jnc ответил(а) в теме North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
On reflection, "social club" is probably not a 100% apposite term, as I doubt many social clubs have a commercial arm that earns on the order of 1M£ a year, which some heritage lines do. But it's a better starting mental model for what the...
18 сен 2026 в 19:04 -
jnc нравится сообщение Wenlock в теме Kent & East Sussex Railway.
An 0-8-0T Bagnall, designed for heavy slow movement within a steelworks, is unlikely to have been built for sustained running at 25mph. I have no data on the design, but suspect it might be just as rough on the track as the two USA tanks on...
18 сен 2026 в 18:54 -
jnc нравится сообщение cymroglan в теме Helston Railway.
This sad situation reminds me of that scene in Life of Brian regarding the Judean People’s Front and the People’s front of Judea, not to mention the Judean Popular People’s Front?
18 сен 2026 в 16:33
