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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
You can’t do anything about a member of the public taking a photo from a public vantage point - but that’s not the same as a member of staff taking a photo from inside a shed or workshop. The video of shunting had the back of the tender sheeted...
Jul 18, 2026 at 12:29 PM -
Paul42 liked johnofwessex's post in the thread GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
In 19810/81 I forget when I managed what was then a rare trip on the SS Shieldhall when she was working out of Southampton for Southern Water She has 2x180psi scotch boilers providing steam to 2x800hp triple expansion engines The Chief Engineer...
Jul 17, 2026 at 8:32 PM -
Paul42 liked 21B's post in the thread GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
I really feel like this discussion is trying to argue black is white, but I think it summarises to this: 1. Compounding in the UK context never made any business sense at the time. 2. You could build a 2 cylinder compound engine, but it comes...
Jul 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM -
Paul42 liked 21B's post in the thread GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
The only truly superfluous thing about this thread is this thread. A two cylinder high speed steam engine would never have been permitted by the civil engineers, even assuming any mechanical department were convinced of there being advantages....
Jul 17, 2026 at 8:29 PM -
Paul42 liked ross's post in the thread GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
People are not superfluous, whatever their social standing. However Britain's social history is so vastly different from that of Denmark, to Brits it is hardly believable, despite the 1788 decree ending stavnsbånd, ordinary Danes had so little...
Jul 17, 2026 at 8:29 PM -
Paul42 liked 5944's post in the thread Railways and People.
I went to Knebworth House a few years ago when they still had the miniature railway running in the grounds, and they brought out their steam loco for the annual evening BBQ. It was rather warm and the injectors packed up when the loco was halfway...
Jul 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM -
Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
I have to say that the Incident at the Churnet Valley was almost unique in the lack of speculation or even announcements on what happened. All i have seen is a statement that it was a Swiss cheese situation. I have heard more but it is only...
Jul 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM -
Paul42 attached a file to the thread Steam and Steeple Cab Electric Locos at the Mariazell Tramway in Austria.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A wonderful collection of trams in the shed.
Jul 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Paul42 attached a file to the thread Steam and Steeple Cab Electric Locos at the Mariazell Tramway in Austria.
A selection of my photos. Note reduced in size. [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Jul 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Paul42 liked Fenway's post in the thread Steam and Steeple Cab Electric Locos at the Mariazell Tramway in Austria.
The Museumstramway Mariazell is often overshadowed by the more famous, very long and very mountainous narrow gauge railway (760 mm Bosnian gauge) that leads from St. Pölten to Mariazell. From the remote and inconvienently located Mariazell...
Jul 17, 2026 at 7:48 PM -
Paul42 liked Johnb's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
I would urge anyone to simply ignore any comment on social media that doesn’t come from an official SVR source. Don’t fuel uninformed speculation.
Jul 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM -
Paul42 liked 35B's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
That's fine, but it relies on there being something "official" to fill the void.
Jul 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
