That NER style signal bridge will be superb - and yes, I rather fancy that it will be unique. The team at KSE are doing a fabulous job of their...
But...but... 'tis on t'interweb, so must be a real word... ;)
Wow. Very interesting - what a combination of materials; trying to use appropriate ones for the different applications. I wonder, though, if it...
Ah yes, the bloke who was going to build a J39 with a copper boiler, IIRC? One is scared to even ponder what the diesel equivalent might be... Mark
Look on the bright side, Neil - southbound via the avoiding lines is rare track for passenger trains. Northbound, I think that one or two of the...
82045 would not be out of place on the NYMR, of course - the class, along with its (still extinct) 3MT Mogul cousins, did some good work on the...
Not so - it had 4x 500hp engines available for traction, and, of course, mechanical transmission isn't as 'lossy' as, say, diesel-electric...
From that article it would seem that Simon is in august company in not agreeing with that fine gentleman on many technical and/or scientific...
What's also interesting, from the photo, is both how tight the curve of the former west to south chord was and also the route of the wartime...
Well, it didn't really cost BR anything to build, and the theory wasn't bad - keep your running engines at high power, where diesels are most...
There were plans to overhaul her for use on York NRM - Shildon shuttles, after the trial trips a few years ago, done by Princess Elizabeth & Olton...
Had Steamport Southport not been shut down - although I completely understand why they moved to Preston - then the 502 would still have had the...
Go to the Pockerley Waggonway at Beamish to see beautifully recreated replicas of early locomotives in action :cool: Mark
No chance for either, I suspect. Both are pretty much as they were following fettling at Crewe & Swindon prior to going on display; in addition...
I rather fancy that this particular loco, lovely as it is, is probably regarded the same way as the gorgeous Kirtley 2-4-0 158A at the Midland...
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