567's cylinders are an ex-spare set for an RSH 'Ugly'. Whether they owe their design origins to Kitson I have no idea personally. (Someone will...
Sorry! I've made an entire career out of being pedantic. ;-)
Not one I've experienced! But my point wasn't so much about the weather as the alarming way the old carriage bodies flexed (so much so that...
I do have some sympathy with the complaint about wet seats; haven't all the carriages still in use been built or rebuilt in recent years? So they...
OK but that must make any statement about which way it is facing null and void, surely? (Appreciating that @waterbucket has some insider...
Thought 78019 was at Dean Forest? Their FB post says it is.
You're right, but you also have to consider the motivation of the loco owner. I can't speak for anyone else, and I do get that for some...
Incidentally I have B279707 down as probably either a 1977 or 1979 rebody (though I think that is based on a combination of assumptions about...
Nice to confirm which one that was! Note the broom head mounted below to clean the rails. The same weekend featured the N2 (as a Hornby-Dublo...
My experience is a little out of date now, but a friend and I co-owned an 08 shunter for 11 years. We spent 4 years restoring it and the next 7...
That is true (I believe it's still there) but moving it back and forth by road every time a bit of ballast needs laying would seem to be a major...
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