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John Petley's Recent Activity

  1. John Petley liked beavis's post in the thread Swanage Railway | Spring Steam Gala | 27th-29th March 2026.

    Evening at Harmans Cross. Steam Heat. [ATTACH]

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  2. John Petley replied to the thread Swanage Railway | Spring Steam Gala | 27th-29th March 2026.

    People used to park by the crossing at Quarr Farm - including me - until a notice appeared saying don't do this, so I haven't done so since. Checking through my photos, the most recent image taken from that location prior to last Saturday was...

    Mar 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM

  3. John Petley liked Big Al's post in the thread Swanage Railway | Spring Steam Gala | 27th-29th March 2026.

    Went to the gala on Sunday primarily for the J94 visitors but also to ensure I had a run behind the two flat tops and, of course, the T3. An early ticket office conversation partly reassured me about whether the T3 was running. It seems that...

    P1160008.JPG Mar 30, 2026 at 2:08 PM

  4. John Petley replied to the thread Swanage Railway | Spring Steam Gala | 27th-29th March 2026.

    Well, in spite of my lack of enthusiasm for either headboards or "Austerities", I decided to go to Swanage on Saturday, which was by far the best day of the three days of the gala weather-wise, in spite of the strong winds to which other posters...

    Mar 30, 2026 at 10:39 AM

  5. John Petley liked mdewell's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    I didn't know @Victor was allowed out of Yorkshire? Has he still got a valid passport? :)

    Mar 30, 2026 at 9:15 AM

  6. John Petley liked Shep Woolley's post in the thread VT: The Shap Mountaineer with Tornado - 28/03/26.

    [ATTACH] Brighter weather sees LNER A1 Class No. 60163 'Tornado' speeding through Greenholme following 'Tangmere' on the climb to Shap and onwards to Carlisle [ATTACH] The weather having calmed down and Wild Boar Fell as a backdrop, LNER...

    The Shap Mountaineer 1 NP.jpg The Shap Mountaineer 2 1 NP.jpg Mar 30, 2026 at 9:08 AM

  7. John Petley liked ribble's post in the thread VT: The Shap Mountaineer with Tornado - 28/03/26.

    60163 Tornado at Stockber on 28/3/2026 David [ATTACH]

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  8. John Petley liked Hampshire Unit's post in the thread Flying Scotsman.

    60103's visit to the Mid Hants was blessed with some decent weather on several days. Here she is on Saturday 21st running up to Medstead [img]"Flying Scotsman" at Rookwood by Stephen Morley, on Flickr

    Mar 30, 2026 at 9:02 AM

  9. John Petley liked gios's post in the thread 82045 The way ahead?.

    March update now live: http://www.82045.org.uk/news/82045_news-mar26.html

    Mar 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM

  10. John Petley replied to the thread Swanage Railway | Spring Steam Gala | 27th-29th March 2026.

    Yes- the worked the through trains to and from Waterloo on Summer Saturdays

    Mar 27, 2026 at 1:53 PM

  11. John Petley replied to the thread Swanage Railway | Spring Steam Gala | 27th-29th March 2026.

    There's nothing wrong with a Bulleid carrying the Atlantic Coast Express headboard if it was running somewhere between Waterloo and Ilfracombe/Plymouth, etc, but not on the Swanage Branch. I just don't like headboards unless they are appropriate...

    Mar 27, 2026 at 1:17 PM

  12. John Petley replied to the thread Swanage Railway | Spring Steam Gala | 27th-29th March 2026.

    Please could someone advise - is this just a silly joke for today? Likewise the "Atlantic Coast Express" headboard on the front of 34072 (as per @Ben Jenden's screen shot)? Swanage is normally pretty good at keepng its engines headboard-free, but...

    Mar 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM

  13. John Petley liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Perhaps some good news i in order for a change - the latest update from Grosmont shed is that tubes have been delivered for 34101 "Hartland"; even though there are still quite a lot of roof stays still to fit, perhaps the end of the overhaul is...

    Mar 25, 2026 at 8:50 AM

  14. John Petley liked torgormaig's post in the thread K&WVR Steam Gala 19-22 March 2026.

    Here is a picture of two of the gala stars that could have been taken today, but instead of being dated 22nd March 2026 the date is in fact the spring gala on 22nd March 1975 [ATTACH] Peter

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  15. John Petley liked Karlh's post in the thread K&WVR Steam Gala 19-22 March 2026.

    A fantastic weekend, I managed to visit on Thursday and Saturday so here's my video. For anyone who just wants to hear the castle I suggest jumping to 15:47 where its climbs the bank from Damems, note that the clip starts with it leaving Damems...

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