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jnc liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Thanks. I guess comments are largely out of viewing the RVR web/blog site pictures of the area where we laid the 350m of track a week ago? If that's correct then the parallel roadway you were looking at is actually the part finished formation...
Jun 11, 2026 at 11:51 AM -
jnc liked 73108's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Service roads? Or is it the site of the passing loop at that point? If you're right and there are currently 'service roads' along the formation, I sincerely hope they will be returned to habitats for nature (including tree planting) once the...
Jun 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM -
jnc liked Pete Thornhill's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
This is the SVR thread, if you want to discuss that then please use the NYMR thread as it has absolutely nothing to do with SVR operations (who happen to use their teaks in daily service).
Jun 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM -
jnc liked RailWest's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Well, at least it was a SOMERSET cider :-)
Jun 11, 2026 at 11:49 AM -
jnc liked free2grice's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
An update on loco 80104 thanks to David Ensor on Facebook. <BJ> ''80104 is now in Herston Works - progress is on many fronts, large amounts of cleaning and needle gunning, removal of some items ready for painting, removal of lagging around parts...
Jun 10, 2026 at 8:32 PM -
jnc liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
For the second year in a row the weedkiller train (that I had been checking RTT for but missed due to my Dad being ill over the weekend) ran on a wet day. I only happened to see it by chance when I heard an unusual diesel horn and noticed it...
Jun 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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jnc liked free2grice's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
A message from Ian Crowder on Facebook. <BJ> "As the railway's press officer, I have spoken to the Editor and the picture has been taken down. His argument was that it provided geographical context but appreciated that she fell from a road motor...
Jun 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM -
jnc liked staffordian's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
Personally, I don't see any speculation. All I see is a very poor article which many will wrongly interpret as a failure by the railway. I will admit that was my first thought but quickly realised this was very far from being the case. I just...
Jun 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM -
jnc liked Andy Moody's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
Well, I am not prepared to get into an argument over this. But I have done some research and although there is a car park a little distance from the GWSR station there does not appear to be any spaces for coaches. unless anyone knows different....
Jun 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM -
jnc liked GWR4707's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
Which is all well and good if it were not preceded by 'Patricia Hazell, 82, died in the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford on May 25 last year after falling from a coach at Broadway Rail Station in Gloucestershire ' and the piece publicised online...
Jun 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM -
jnc liked GWR4707's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
The story is here https://archive.ph/obNJB its so badly written its pretty hard to establish exactly where it happened as its first mentions 'railway' station but then 'coach' station. FWIW I only picked up on it on a generic local Oxfordshire...
Jun 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM -
jnc liked Paul Grant's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
Obviously someone with brains like minestrone searched "coach" in the files. Because the story is to do with a bus of some variety.
Jun 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM -
jnc liked brennan's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
It should be remembered that the S100 class was only designed as a shunter. I doubt that Colonel Howard G Hill ever thought they would ever see use on a passenger train. I drove and fired one of the Yugoslav versions years ago and don't have any...
Jun 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM -
jnc liked marshall5's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
This was the line-up at Rolvenden in July 1967 with Gervase, Hastings and Dom. Ray. [ATTACH]
Jun 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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jnc liked Streetert's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
One of the most significant posts for us.[ATTACH] https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-first-section-of-track-goes-down-1.html
Jun 10, 2026 at 8:24 PM
