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mdewell liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Here is a picture of the last connecting piece of rail being dropped in. [ATTACH] This is also the site of the future passing loop. We took pictures of the team, I'm not sure if I may post this, so check out the RVR blog, who had a...
Sep 19, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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mdewell replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I should keep moving then if I were you. . .;):D To be more serious, this sort of thing doesn't really encourage those with any sort of railway assets to donate them to a railway.
Sep 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM -
mdewell liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Well, apart from that idea being completely nuts and nothing to do with, you know, preservation ... What you suggest would end up being more expensive than a traditional restoration, because you'd have all the expense of a normal restoration,...
Sep 17, 2026 at 9:50 AM -
mdewell liked Lineisclear's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
My earlier abortive post was indeed finger trouble! Apologies. I must correct two mistakes by others in recent posts. Firstly I am not a representative of the NYMR. Since resigning as Trustee I can post on here in a purely personal capacity....
Sep 17, 2026 at 9:46 AM -
mdewell liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Today was a long day track laying - nine hours. I was pooped, and am currently recovering in my hotel room with a bottle of Malbec... We laid five track panels today, one more than the average of four required to to meet our target of joining up...
Sep 15, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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mdewell replied to the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
You could have stopped typing at that point. ;):D
Sep 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
