I have been advised that Ron Hill, an early member of the SRPS, at one time chief engineer of the society, and an honorary president of SLOG,...
I suspect that 80064 will just spend further time rusting away in Somerset instead of Sussex. That it has been out of traffic for 30 plus years...
Gradually and therefore not greatly obviously the Bluebell Railway is changing from the concept of a preservation organisation keeping something...
Thanks chaps, my memory is obviously getting worse. Were it possible I would have made a journey south to see it both at the Spa Valley where I...
Unless I am mistaken there was a pic of 419 at Bo'ness on here last night, has it been taken down? I only ask because I was the driver and I...
Whilst I wholly agree with John, the only chance of 488 ever running again is if the BRPS or the Trust are given a large sum specifically for the...
And the Melter would have to be well over 100 to have ever seen a blue engine painted by the Caledonian Rly Co, so we can pretty much ignore his...
I would be interested to see your evidence supporting that statement, it might as an outside possibility be correct but I doubt it. Martin
For those who don't know John Snell was, a volunteer on the Talyllyn Railway in 1951, and also the General Manager of the RHDR for 30 odd years....
The late John Snell made an interesting point regarding volunteers, all be it he was talking about the RH&DR which wasn't and largely still isn't...
I've no doubt Andrew will post later but all Nat Pres will be pleased to hear that our landslip appeal has raised £110k in a fortnight. Quite...
Interesting discussion, to add a note to Tom's contribution Drummond's D15s also had a 10' coupled wheelbase and when I was researching for a...
If your of a certain age, and I most certainly am, Horace May brings back some memories, not all of them wholly pleasant but let's not dwell...
Having been a member for at least 50 of the last 60 years I can only wonder at how far Bluebell and the rest of the standard gauge heritage...
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