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  1. Sheff liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.

    Another amazing Karoo sunrise - or in this case maybe 2o minutes after sunrise - the day after a strong wind had blown across the Karoo putting dust and sand up into the atmosphere. 25NC 3502 heads north through Graspan on the 03.50 from De Aar....

    88-10-03-B-Benn.jpg Oct 29, 2026 at 8:34 PM

  2. Sheff liked James Hewett's post in the thread Southwold Railway.

    Thanks very much - yes, we heard this morning - a great day for the HSR! Yay indeed! We have now broken out of the station confines.... There are pages and pages of conditions, all of which we have to dealt with before a single piece of track...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM

  3. Sheff liked The Green Howards's post in the thread Southwold Railway.

    Hmmm. At least what we do is harmless. Perhaps they'd be happier if folk turned up wearing balaclavas and marched through Southwold chanting "Stop The Boats" instead? I also wonder how many of these objectors are truly local or just escapees...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM

  4. Sheff replied to the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    No one is suggesting it be buried. It’s available, as are the other significant incidents of which you mention one. But as far as SM is concerned, it’s now ancient history, and I don’t see why it needs constant repeats. We don’t do it for other...

    Oct 24, 2026 at 2:37 PM

  5. Sheff replied to the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    I’m not going to like that. In fact I’m not going to watch it either.

    Oct 23, 2026
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