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Paul42 liked staffordian's post in the thread Churnet Valley Railway General Discussion.
I was a passenger on today's Borders Explorer day and would just like to highlight what a superb day it was We travelled the entire line including the short stretch towards Stoke, the new extension to the temporary Leek platform, and were...
May 31, 2026 at 10:48 AM -
Paul42 liked jnc's post in the thread Helston Railway.
Well, we've never seen that before in the heritage railway world, have we? Noel
May 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM -
Paul42 liked 45045's post in the thread Remaining Ex Barry locomotives?.
Also the 76077 is coming along nicely, a couple of years away only.
May 30, 2026 at 3:55 PM -
Paul42 liked LittleRedTrain's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
Ready to go at Snow Hill. Not sure what's on the back. [ATTACH]
May 30, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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Paul42 liked Waterbuck's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
I'm no expert on the detail but I think one of the Jacobite Guards worked that route on 'our' GB only last month. (another was onboard too)
May 29, 2026 at 7:26 PM -
Paul42 liked 5944's post in the thread Società Veneta Ferrovie..
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CacgXC5dw/ [ATTACH]
May 29, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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Paul42 liked Breva's post in the thread 37025 back in service at Bo'ness.
What do you think of the scene when Francis got a whiteboard out., and in a fine felt tip pen, listed every single class 37 by number? He then went on to outline them all, with a little cameo of each, to Chris , who was nodding off? Francis, no...
May 28, 2026 at 7:55 PM -
Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Given good rail conditions, Repton will drag 7 up the hill to Goathland in both directions. However, any reduction in adhesive ratio becomes a problem. In theory, you need 13,538 lbf darawbar pull to drag 7 full coaches up the 1 in 49 and 6,648...
May 28, 2026 at 7:53 PM -
Paul42 liked 26D_M's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
...... again.
May 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM -
Paul42 liked torgormaig's post in the thread RTC Atlantic Coast Express - 23/05/26.
Well thanks for making the train crew's life even more difficult than it already is. If for some unlikely reason the ORR have not already seen this they will have now and the Guard and Train Manager will be called to account for not policeing the...
May 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
