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marshall5 replied to the thread Locomotives that have been in action for part of every decade since construction..
Isle of Man Railway No.4 Loch has been in action during every decade since being built in 1874. It nearly missed the 1960's having been withdrawn in 1955 but was rebuilt with a new boiler and ran throughout the 1969 season. Operating through 16...
May 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM -
marshall5 attached a file to the thread Locomotives Preserved at Butlins Holiday Camps.
I didn't think that Butlins had more than 2 locos at any site. Wasn't Granville at Skegness with 6100? FWIW here's an indifferent slide scan of 6203 and 32640 at Pwhelli camp in Oct 1969. At least someone cared and has wrapped the motion and...
May 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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marshall5 attached a file to the thread Isle Of Man Steam Railway.
In Manx Northern days all the locos faced towards Douglas and this continued for some time for the loco outshedded at Ramsey. It also appears that the loco usually, but not always, faced uphill to Foxdale and always when pushing trains up the...
May 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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marshall5 liked M59137's post in the thread North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.
The latest C&W blog covers the start of a partial restoration of the unique Austerity (Wartime) Thompson BG coach: C&W News - Thompson Resurrection Commences
May 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM -
marshall5 attached a file to the thread Isle Of Man Steam Railway.
The full programme of events for the 2025 Heritage Transport Festival (22nd - 27th July) can now be downloaded as a pdf here: https://www.iombusandrail.im/media/3225/manx-heritage-transport-festival-2025.pdf For no other reason than we don't...
May 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
