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  1. Mark Thompson liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Second in a series of four daily posts showing more of the 350m of track laying work last week at Rother Valley Railway is here:...

    Jun 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM

  2. Mark Thompson replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Slight? That's putting it mildly (10 miles west of Robertsbridge)

    Jun 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM

  3. Mark Thompson liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Well done guys, looks like new. I hear that there may have been some slight precipitation at times? :)

    Jun 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM

  4. Mark Thompson replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Blimey, that was unexpected! What a fantastic and much-welcomed sight. Any news on when the crossing pads are going in?

    Jun 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM

  5. Mark Thompson liked Streetert's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    One of the most significant posts for us.[ATTACH] https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-first-section-of-track-goes-down-1.html

    2. IMG_6363.jpeg Jun 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM

  6. Mark Thompson liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    I always fancied the Norwegian being named 'ROTHER' :)

    Jun 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM

  7. Mark Thompson replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Absolutely. It's totally right for the railway, and personally I'd love to see it one day carrying the old KESR blue livery, standing at the head of a train of 4-wheelers, even if the name isn't one from Greek mythology!

    Jun 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM

  8. Mark Thompson liked pmh_74's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Dolobran is, as I understand it, still at GCRN, has been up for sale for a while, but is still being worked on (although whether seriously worked on, or just being reassembled to make eventual removal easier, is unclear to me). Rhyl, along with...

    Jun 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM

  9. Mark Thompson liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Hi Steve. The old Manning Wardle valves were sadly cream crackered. The wonderful John Dunn performed his usual machining magic on some GWR valve casting SVR had in stock and made available to us. We were told GWR steam valves are the bees...

    Jun 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM

  10. Mark Thompson liked Fireline's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    We're really looking forward to getting Charwelton back, just to see how well she performs now. She has limped on with a pretty much life expired cylinder block for a long time.

    Jun 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM

  11. Mark Thompson replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    And Charwelton having its steam test.

    Jun 3, 2026 at 11:52 PM

  12. Mark Thompson replied to the thread Brighton Belle update.

    In its "original condition" it simply couldn't do anything. The original motor and control gear was removed and scrapped many decades ago. Like for like replacements are non-existent. In the 1980s, this carriage sat, gutted, in 6-road of the Old...

    Jun 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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