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Mark Thompson liked Fireline's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
She was. Even had her house guests shoved in our direction to help lay the track! Sadly, I believe she's moved on now.
May 24, 2026 at 1:44 PM -
Mark Thompson replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Love it! She sounds like one of the best neighbours a railway could ever have.
May 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM -
Mark Thompson liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
[MEDIA] One my favourite videos, taken from Udiam farmhouse, next to the current end of the line. The relaid track went right through the bottom of the garden :-)
May 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM -
Mark Thompson replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
What more could any red-blooded P/way gang want for?
May 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM -
Mark Thompson liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
The mind boggles ;) (What happens in Wittersham stays in Wittersham …) Tom
May 23, 2026 at 12:40 PM -
Mark Thompson liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
I've dug out a couple of pictures of the Bodiam relay. That was November 1998, it may be slightly different this time. [ATTACH] This is the '7' jig that was used, so you dropped down the 4, then reverse a bit, and then drop the other 3....
May 23, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Mark Thompson liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Yes, a spacing jig was used, and iirc it wasn't a 4 but a 7. That was genius! The extra 3 fitted precisely between the 4, so the jig was lowered a second time. The rail lengths were laid out L and R, and a reversing 360 laid out the sleepers and...
May 23, 2026 at 12:38 PM -
Mark Thompson replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Cheers, Jo. So presumably each set of 4 is lifted using a spacing jig?
May 23, 2026 at 11:09 AM -
Mark Thompson liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
It's how we laid the Bodiam extension. The Northiam extension was laid with track panels, assembled at Wittersham.
May 23, 2026 at 11:09 AM -
Mark Thompson replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
I've noticed from the latest overheads of construction progress that there are literally thousands of concrete sleepers laid out in ranks of 4, in the cess on the south side of the route, and was trying to figure out wether this is in preparation...
May 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM -
Mark Thompson liked ghost's post in the thread P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
We’re into fantasy land now. Let’s stick to the P2 on this thread.
May 23, 2026 at 10:42 AM -
Mark Thompson liked torgormaig's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
I was on the first train that day, aged nine. It was the only railway event that my dad ever took me to - and here is my ticket (actually my dad's in all probability) to prove it[ATTACH] A day I remember well Peter
May 23, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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Mark Thompson replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Ooh I say! Get to know the characters in the landscape before you make pronouncements like that.
May 22, 2026 at 10:43 PM -
Mark Thompson liked Tobbes's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Pardon? Have we met? There's all the difference in the world between the Miles led Trust's mismanagement and attempts to obfuscate inconvenient facts, and then trying to install a governance process more suited to Pyongyang than Parracombe, and...
May 22, 2026 at 10:41 PM -
Mark Thompson liked Kingscross's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Pop out to Paraguay and recquisition this one, nothing a bit of Duct tape and a gas axe won't fix: Steam Locomotive Information
May 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM
