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  1. Johnb liked Flying Phil's post in the thread 34039 Boscastle WC class.

    Boscastle's boiler has returned to the GCR! [ATTACH]

    DSC04383.JPG Jun 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM

  2. Johnb liked Roger Farnworth's post in the thread The Highland Railway's Strathpeffer Branch.

    The featured image shows Strathpeffer Railway Station in 1928. Locomotive No. 16118, one of a class of three locos designed by William Stroudley. Built in 1869 at the Highland Railway’s Lochgorm works in Inverness, they became known as ‘Lochgorm...

    Jun 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM

  3. Johnb liked Roger Farnworth's post in the thread The Railways of Skye and Adjacent Islands.

    Part 4 – The Raasay Iron Ore Mine Railway There is an excellent book by Laurence & Pamela Draper, which they self-published in 1990, entitled “The Raasay Iron Mine: Where Enemies Became Friends.” I picked up a copy second-hand from an online...

    Jun 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM

  4. Johnb liked Roger Farnworth's post in the thread The Railways of Skye and Adjacent Islands.

    Part 3 – The Skye Marble Railway The featured image for this article is the only photograph I have been able to find of ‘Skylark’, the locomotive which for a matter of only a few years operated on the Skye Marble Railway. Further notes about the...

    Jun 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM

  5. Johnb liked Roger Farnworth's post in the thread The Railways of Skye and Adjacent Islands.

    The Railways of Skye & Adjacent Islands – Part 2 – The Talisker Distillery Tramway The Talisker Distillery Tramway was a short 2ft-gauge tramway which opened in 1900 and closed in 1948. It ran from Carbost Pier on Loch Harport, along the Harport...

    Jun 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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