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ragl liked acorb's post in the thread Fire Risk.
I would suggest when a very small number of people are getting ridiculously rich; while normal folk worry about turning on the cooker or boiler, when rivers are environmentally dead, when 25% of all drinking water is lost in leaks and a country...
Aug 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM -
ragl liked 35B's post in the thread Fire Risk.
And I'd accept most of that analysis, with the caveat that consumers were very happy when the structure of the market combined with regulation held their prices down - and that the political reaction you describe is in part a response to the...
Aug 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM -
ragl liked toplink's post in the thread 6024 King Edward 1.
…… so long as it runs!
Aug 10, 2026 at 1:31 PM -
ragl replied to the thread BR Double blastpipes.
There were two LM Region double-chimney locomotives that actually did demonstrated improved performance, they were the very last of the Black Fives, 44686 and 44687. These two locomotives were built at Horwich in 1951 with the improved British...
Aug 10, 2026 at 1:31 PM -
ragl liked The Green Howards's post in the thread Oil Firing.
I remember the large number of trains that used to run out of Hitchin carrying scrap from the huge processing plant nearby that were ultimately destined for China. The steel we got in return was, shall we say, not the best...
Aug 10, 2026 at 7:49 AM -
ragl liked Oswald T Wistle's post in the thread Fellsman 2026.
A couple of phone pics from Wednesday's trip [ATTACH] Easing in to Blackburn station with the northbound train [ATTACH] Fellsman Weather pt1 (Northbound) - The "view" down Dentdale [ATTACH] Fellsman Weather pt2 (Southbound) - Crossing the...
Aug 9, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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ragl liked 45698Mars's post in the thread Fellsman 2026.
D213 Andania climbing through Horton in Ribblesdale this morning, between a couple of heavy showers. https://www.flickr.com/photos/90397953@N02/55443722892/in/photostream/
Aug 9, 2026 at 7:19 AM -
ragl liked iancawthorne's post in the thread Fellsman 2026.
[IMG] Andania at Low Baron Wood
Aug 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM -
ragl liked ribble's post in the thread Fellsman 2026.
[ATTACH] D213 Andania takes the Hellifield line at Daisyfield junc with the Fellsman to Carlisle on 5/8/2026 David
Aug 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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ragl liked Oswald T Wistle's post in the thread Fellsman 2026.
The S&C Fellsman 05 Aug 2026 with D213 Andania hauling 11 & D1924 Crewe Diesel Depot Several months ago, when I booked a trip on the Fellsman I chose a trip that was later in the year in the expectation that any early season fire risk would have...
Aug 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM -
ragl liked Dag Bonnedal's post in the thread Oil Firing.
As many of the participants in this discussion has pointed out, oil firing does not have a strong tradition in the UK, still it is viewed by many as the eventual way forward. What often is lost in the debate is the actual role of coal firing in...
Aug 8, 2026 at 8:50 AM -
ragl liked LMS2968's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
In case anyone's interested, the old Ford Prefect which appears about 4.18 was and still is mine!
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ragl liked Bodorganboy's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
[MEDIA] 2968 Aisgill 4th January 1997
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ragl liked jsm8b's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
Know just what you mean ! [ATTACH]
Aug 6, 2026
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ragl liked LMS2968's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
God it was cold! A few minutes earlier . . . [img]
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