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Mark Thompson 近期的活动

  1. Mark Thompson 支持 BrevaRother Valley Railway 内发表的帖子.

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

    2026-06-05 , 22:18
  2. Mark Thompson 回复主题: 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!

    2026-06-05 , 21:08
  3. Mark Thompson 支持 pmh_74Rother Valley Railway 内发表的帖子.

    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...

    2026-06-05 , 21:01
  4. Mark Thompson 支持 mikehartukRother Valley Railway 内发表的帖子.

    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...

    2026-06-04 , 18:32
  5. Mark Thompson 支持 FirelineRother Valley Railway 内发表的帖子.

    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.

    2026-06-04 , 14:49
  6. Mark Thompson 回复主题: Rother Valley Railway.

    And Charwelton having its steam test.

    2026-06-03 , 23:52
  7. Mark Thompson 回复主题: 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...

    2026-06-01 , 19:59