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jnc vond Wagoniester's post leuk in het topic Llangollen Railway.
A little moment of history today as 1369 took the first goods train (excluding engineering ones) to Corwen since before this section of line's closure in 1965. Doubled up as a test run for both loco and the recently refurbished wagons ahead of...
9 apr 2026 om 21:21
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jnc vond Kirk Oswald's post leuk in het topic Peak Rail General Discussion.
Sad but true. I've lost count of the number of relaunches of this proposal. If a single mile of track had actually been built every time it's been resurrected they wouldn't just have reached Buxton by now - they would have reached Manchester...
9 apr 2026 om 21:01 -
jnc vond Sheff's post leuk in het topic Peak Rail General Discussion.
This has been rumbling on for years. To me it’s very much in the WIBN category. It’s not made it into any of the strategic rail reviews, even at stage 1 feasibility study level iirc. Disappointing for those of us who were in at the launch of...
9 apr 2026 om 21:01 -
jnc reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I agree; I said "almost" because one can't be sure if the concrete in the upper layers of bricks is as good as it was originally, without inspecting it - which I don't know of any way to do remotely. (No "touch survey" there; although since they...
9 apr 2026 om 20:59 -
jnc vond paul1609's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think that if its repaired fully with a modern waterproof membrane under the track and proper drainage theres a fair chance it will be better than new.
9 apr 2026 om 20:37 -
jnc vond flying scotsman123's post leuk in het topic GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
Not so much in the way of inclines here but it's very much all about letting it stretch its legs a bit. Certainly the longest it's run in quite some time yesterday! Sent from my PGT-N19 using Tapatalk
9 apr 2026 om 12:31 -
jnc reageerde op het topic Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
I don't think they had internal-combustion-powered lawn-mowers back then! Noel
9 apr 2026 om 12:30 -
jnc vond torgormaig's post leuk in het topic Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Good to see it coming on steadily. I can't wait to see it out and about, not because I particularly admire the little loco but because work can then start in earnest on 488 (or 30583 as the forum's favourite Owl would prefer). Roll on the return...
9 apr 2026 om 12:28 -
jnc reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I wouldn't go that far; I reckon (as a total amateur at brick arch bridges, admittedly) that after the proposed work, it should be good to go for another century or so - then repeat the process (perhaps ad infinitum). Why do I say that? As I...
9 apr 2026 om 12:23 -
jnc vond Steve's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Maintenance costs money. But not as much as waiting until it is no longer maintenance that is required.
9 apr 2026 om 11:30 -
jnc vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Some photos of progress on Normandy in Atlantic House: https://www.bulleidsociety.org/News/Latest_News.html Tom
9 apr 2026 om 00:51 -
jnc vond flying scotsman123's post leuk in het topic GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
Thank you! We're getting back to where we want to be again slowly but surely, combination of Covid and a couple of badly overrunning projects now finished definitely have us on the back foot at the moment but we're doing our best. Was an...
9 apr 2026 om 00:49
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jnc vond banburysaint's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
https://northyorkmoors-publicportal.statmap.co.uk/horizoNext/publicportal/planningapplications/820983 Has a document listing the issues with the bridge Sent from my LGN-NX1 using Tapatalk
9 apr 2026 om 00:20 -
jnc reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Ah, thanks. The "Defects Table" was not very detailed (e.g. "Missing brickwork - Location - Varies"), but the "Essential Maintenance Work Document" had a great deal of detail, which enabled me to mostly figure out what the issues are. To give...
9 apr 2026 om 00:19 -
jnc reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I am an engineer with some training in mechanical engineering; so, with that background, let me offer a few thoughts. Stone bridges are a generally a whole different kettle of fish from metal bridges, because...
8 apr 2026 om 18:24
