Duel brakes? Is that to showcase the fight between the steam loco on the front and the diesel on the back, as to which of them is really...
While not answering the original question, another part of the background to this is the thinking around at the time of the BR Modernisation Plan....
Having a story to tell ... fine, but that makes these units primarily suitable as an exhibit at the NRM; or any other large museums that try to...
Wow! Yes! A prime mover that uses totally green (in every sense) renewable fuel; and can even replicate itself every year or two, without any...
Yes, an interesting argument. On the modern stuff being too complicated, one difference between 20th century preservation and (say) mid 21st...
Hard to disagree with most of what you say! But maybe you are just a little too harsh in calling Leader Bulleid's "whim"? There was a perfectly...
I wonder if the lists offered so far are taking too narrow a view of what is "noteworthy" and a "UK steam design". Arguably the Garratt...
Interesting thread. I am very lucky, my wife likes trains and shares some trips, though she's not into the steam railway technical detail. Take...
Some useful debate here about the desirability to our public of offering modern traction on preserved lines. But leaving that on one side,...
Yes absolutely, the drawings are kept bang up to date at the NRM of Mordor.
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