الأنشطة الأخيرة الخاصة بـ Johnb
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المشاركة في موضوع The 10A Allocation.
There is no ORR regulation on train braking. The Vintage Trains fleet is vacuum braked
24 مارس 2026 في 4:59 مساءاً -
أعجب Johnb بمشاركة 26D_M' في موضوع The 10A Allocation.
K1 is a 116 diagram boiler vs 100A on the B1. As I recollect, 62005 was originally acquired as a source of spare boiler for 61994/LNER 3442, the K4. Thankfully the K1 wasn't canibalised after all and NELPG got hold of it. As to the current state,...
24 مارس 2026 في 4:52 مساءاً -
المشاركة في موضوع K&WVR Steam Gala 19-22 March 2026.
Some of these northerners need to learn a bit about Southern headcodes!
23 مارس 2026 في 9:15 مساءاً -
أعجب Johnb بمشاركة Karlh' في موضوع 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...
23 مارس 2026 في 9:01 مساءاً
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أعجب Johnb بمشاركة torgormaig' في موضوع 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
23 مارس 2026 في 8:59 مساءاً
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المشاركة في موضوع Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E..
The railway companies were commercial organisations and the reluctance to absorb basket case local railways goes back further than 1923. The NB wouldn’t work the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway on the basis that the revenue wouldn’t cover...
20 مارس 2026 في 12:42 مساءاً -
المشاركة في موضوع Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E..
Any design can be improved with the benefit of hindsight and engineering mistakes are made now, the Ford Ecotech engine being one. My limited knowledge comes from talking to enginemen back in steam days and now. The most awkward to oil up the...
20 مارس 2026 في 11:11 صباحاً -
أعجب Johnb بمشاركة Jamessquared' في موضوع Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E..
Didn’t we have a long thread somewhere considering Gresley and the strengths and weaknesses of his designs, the vagaries of valve gear, and trying to set it all in context of the various constraints he was under as a CME? I seem to recall we...
20 مارس 2026 في 9:21 صباحاً
