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    Tornado

    I'm not defending him (he could do that himself, if someone were to contact him!) but he said that he borrowed the 'joke' from one on another...
    Post by: pmh_74, Jun 24, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Don't worry I've no intention of repeating it... I've now been made aware of the content of the comment, and suffice to say that it isn't one I'd...
    Post by: pmh_74, Jun 24, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Furness locos

    OK, that rings a very rusty bell somewhere, thanks. It's a pity none of the various online histories of No.20 that I could find actually mentioned...
    Post by: pmh_74, Jun 23, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Furness locos

    I'm confused by the above reference to No.18. According to most sources, including the FR Trust website, the 0-4-0ST ex-Carnforth is FR No.25...
    Post by: pmh_74, Jun 23, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    I also missed it, and have no idea what he wrote. I messaged him off-forum, he seems to have no idea either...?
    Post by: pmh_74, Jun 23, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News

    Sad about the Shepshed Lace factory, a prominent backdrop to the railway from the Great Central Road bridge. There's online speculation someone...
    Post by: pmh_74, Jun 23, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    GCR Black 5 No 45491

    And yet we've been waiting far longer than that for 'Boscastle' which has been pending or under overhaul for 25 years now. On the face of it,...
    Post by: pmh_74, Jun 17, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    GCR Black 5 No 45491

    I may be wrong, but I thought that the cladding had been largely completed a few years ago prior to the nearly-finished boiler having to have the...
    Post by: pmh_74, Jun 3, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Teifi Valley Railway

    I'm sure that's true, although I doubt any 'historic railway building' would be so constructed anyway. So costs (compared with a new...
    Post by: pmh_74, Jun 3, 2025 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    GCR Black 5 No 45491

    I don't recall reading of it being re-re-tubed since the replacement tubeplate. Not saying it hasn't been, does anyone know?
    Post by: pmh_74, Jun 2, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction