This was my first mainline steam tour for 2 years and very enjoyable. VT's organisation was excellent, as was the friendly service from stewards....
The sound from that video is spine-tingling good. I usually avoid trips of 10+ coaches behind a Class 5, especially over Shap, because of the...
Last I heard, Riley's had been contracted to fit the monobloc to the frames. I wonder if wooden templates will provide the degree of precision...
This has been shrouded in mystery over the last couple of years. I understood that most (90%+) of the design work was completed by the late David...
One of the main reasons for building a P2 was to engineer-out the shortcomings of the original and develop its full potential. I really don't see...
As a normally silent and reluctant observer of off-topic spats, I hope no-one will be offended if I make a quiet plea that this thread return to...
There have been various stories about the originality of Flying Scotsman over the years. ISTR that, during its major rebuild after the bodged job...
I'm surprised nobody saw this coming up the motorway.
This all seems like a storm in a teacup to me. A big express steam locomotive collides at very low speed, it's buffers - which are designed to...
I have full confidence in the work of the late David Elliott and feel sure his "brain dump" will have been very thorough. The Trust have admitted...
The P2 boiler was scheduled for delivery to Darlington in the last week of October - ISTR the 28th was mentioned. Has anybody seen or heard anything?
The frame was still at Loughborough a couple of months ago when I visited, boiler at Tyseley as mentioned above.
I was one of those booked from York to Newcastle. I understand that VT couldn't have done much else in the circumstances with the ball thrown at...
Can someone enlighten me, please, about why Tangmere always seems to produce such a filthy exhaust? Is this a common trait with other original...
Some news about the P2 gleaned from this year's convention - I struggled to see any difference in the loco compared to 3 years ago, except that...
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