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Paul42 liked Paul Grant's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Trickle fill with a large version of the mechanism in a cistern to stop it overflowing.
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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It does slightly surprise me that the NYMR doesn't arrange water at its intermediate stations - it doesn't have to be grand, a tank wagon in a siding with a submersible pump and a fire hose would do. It would give more peace of mind, particularly...
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Paul42 liked Kje7812's post in the thread SVR Spring Diesel Festival 14th-17th May 2026.
Quite often rail staff (mainline or preserved) are the worse for it. They think they know best.
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Paul42 liked JBTEvans's post in the thread SVR Spring Diesel Festival 14th-17th May 2026.
The guy works for a TOC too it's been said on social media, unbelievable, Mr Dunster has been able to identify him and will be contacting him directly.
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Paul42 liked Tobbes's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I don't want to pour cold water on these things, but speculation of which bits of land Mike Buse and co are targeting doesn't strike me as very helpful. Mike's astonishing record in achieving things deemed "impossible" (most recently the Scout...
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Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It could have been. When there were previous problems with the bridge, some 40+ years ago, NYCC argued that the bridge was the responsibility of the railway as it was built out of rails by the NER and on the old formation and was thus railway...
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Paul42 liked 5944's post in the thread Paddle Steamer Waverley.
https://archive.is/20260520104235/https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/historic-waverley-paddle-steamer-rescues-stranded-calmac-passengers-after-isle-of-mull-ferry-breaks-down-8554544 Good bit of publicity for them.
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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Maybe North Yorks CC could provide a footpath diversion over a nice wide former-rail bridge parallel to the footbridge which, although no longer strong enough to bear the weight of trains, should still be plenty strong enough for pedestrians...
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Paul42 liked Deepgreen's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
Another problem for 34046 today...[ATTACH]
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Paul42 liked kelsh002's post in the thread GWSR | Cotswold Festival of Steam Gala | 23-25 May 2026.
Spotted on Reddit. If that doesn't confirm things then don't know what will...https://www.reddit.com/r/uktrains/comments/1tiiu0r/spotted_lms_stanier_class_5_being_transported/
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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
The LNERCA might have a few carriages knocking about under-used! ;) Tom
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Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I’d suggest that the so-called outer stone arches are more to make it look pretty than anything else. The Victorians were fond of decorative features on things that they built
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Paul42 liked Britfoamer's post in the thread Isle Of Man Steam Railway.
A short group trip to the IoM and here are a few images I managed, including the C17 at Castletown:[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Paul42 liked ribble's post in the thread LSL Private Train to Kilmarnock 18-19/05/26.
60532 passing Penyghent with the Chairman's Train on 19/5/2026 David [ATTACH]
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