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ragl liked I. Cooper's post in the thread Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.
Ah - that's where you live is it?! That's the route I use daily for work, I'll send a virtual wave as I pass through in future! :) The tractor would have been chasing their tails a short while behind, but had problems at Westbury and had to...
Sep 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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ragl attached a file to the thread Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.
Well, it has rained here (10 miles from Welshpool ) all day, so there must be some hope that the fire risk for the weekend will be suspended. Further to Ian's post upthread concerning the transit of the Rollers, yesterday two of them rolled into...
Sep 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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ragl liked I. Cooper's post in the thread Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.
Mr Fuller and the Llanfair all-stars as they set off... [ATTACH] A further three rollers and a steam tractor were also heading down the main road towards Welshpool, however they all turned off at Halfway House with the two rollers of Messrs...
Sep 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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ragl liked William Fletcher's post in the thread Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.
Why not just go and support the railway anyway? If folk stay away because it's not what they want then there may not be a Gala next year to specualte and moan about. I expect to be shot down in flames, but the whole heritage world is on a knife...
Sep 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM -
ragl liked 46223's post in the thread The Dinting Railway Centre.
I visited Dinting Railway Centre many times from the late 1960s onwards. Here is just a selection of photos I've taken there over the years. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sep 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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ragl liked 35B's post in the thread Oil Firing.
It is. But on a quick skim through the article, the form of analysis looked designed to produce an answer, and to be pitched to a target audience to be able to wield as a proof text. It struck me as alarmist absolutism, and to be making some...
Aug 31, 2026 at 8:33 AM -
ragl liked nige757's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
BR 50050 Fearless with todays Lakelander, seen from Paddy Lane Bridge then on the return through a wet Kirkby Stephen Station and yard shortly after the heavy rain had passed over. [MEDIA]
Aug 30, 2026 at 9:36 AM
