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    East Midlands Railway Trust/GCR (Nottingham)

    Rest assured that your meaning is very clear and your frustration and passion unmistakable.
    Post by: Roger_C, Jun 12, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    East Midlands Railway Trust/GCR (Nottingham)

    I agree wholeheartedly, a steam crane has all of the costs of a steam loco but very little of the revenue-earning potential, and therein lies the...
    Post by: Roger_C, Jun 12, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    East Midlands Railway Trust/GCR (Nottingham)

    Yes, confirmed, 95222 has now gone in pieces to a metal recycler from Newark This brings the total number of ex-mainline breakdown cranes...
    Post by: Roger_C, Jun 9, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    East Midlands Railway Trust/GCR (Nottingham)

    Can I repeat my (non-judgemental) question, has 95222 actually been scrapped? As a steam crane owner myself I am very well aware of the...
    Post by: Roger_C, Jun 3, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    East Midlands Railway Trust/GCR (Nottingham)

    It was being reported on social media that the 1948 Cowans Sheldon 36/45 ton breakdown crane ADRC95222 was to be cut for scrap at Ruddington on...
    Post by: Roger_C, May 31, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK