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  1. torgormaig liked Jimc's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.

    Something that is of course very much a live issue today and perhaps needs to be better understood by or at least explained to politician and public alike.

    Dec 7, 2023 at 8:43 AM

  2. torgormaig liked Dan Hill's post in the thread RTC Sussex Belle: 06/12/23.

    No problem, thank you Peter. The stations appearance has only really changed thanks to the footbridge and car park (where I was just in front of) about 8 years ago (inside the footbridge are some nice pieces of art relating to the LBSCR history)....

    Dec 6, 2023 at 7:20 PM

  3. torgormaig liked Dan Hill's post in the thread RTC Sussex Belle: 06/12/23.

    [ATTACH] Despite being 5mins late around Gatwick, the train arrived at Haywards Heath about 3 mins early (it was arriving in just as I got to the station). Also left about a minute early (the limited Thameslink service seemed to find itself...

    PXL_20231206_123029454.jpg Dec 6, 2023 at 5:59 PM

  4. torgormaig replied to the thread RTC Sussex Belle: 06/12/23.

    Interesting picture Dan - the station looks a lot different now to what it was when I grew up nearby, but that was some 60 years ago now. Thanksfor posting Peter

    Dec 6, 2023 at 5:59 PM

  5. torgormaig attached a file to the thread 92134.

    Now I'm back home Steve, I've dug out a picture I took of 92220 at Whitby on Sun 11/10/87 while working some Whitby - Goathland shuttles for BR that day[ATTACH] The loco had spent the summer of 1986 on the railway, including some weeks marooned...

    87-10-11 28 92220 Whitby copy.jpg Dec 4, 2023 at 9:54 PM

  6. torgormaig liked Steamie Boxes's post in the thread 92134.

    First we’ve heard of this at Grosmont shed

    Dec 3, 2023 at 10:11 PM

  7. torgormaig replied to the thread 92134.

    I don't think you type anything into the system Tom. It works by counting the axles of a train as it passes. A flangeless wheel may be counted at some points and not at others and the system then thinks the train is incomplete. The job then stops...

    Dec 3, 2023 at 10:10 PM

  8. torgormaig replied to the thread 92134.

    I understand that there is another problem in relation to the 9Fs fllangless driving wheel. These days the widespread use of axle counters instead of track circuits on the network depends on a wheel flange depressing the counter to operate it....

    Dec 3, 2023 at 9:21 PM

  9. torgormaig replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    They are plastic oil containers cut in half and placed over the point blades to prevent overnight snow blocking the blades. Simples:). Peter

    Dec 2, 2023 at 5:12 PM

  10. torgormaig liked Rumpole's post in the thread Rolling Stock Movements.

    SR Bulleid BTSO 4366 has now left Swanage's off-site storage for overhaul at Rampart. Once completed, this will in theory give a three-car Bulleid set formed of BTSO-CK-BTSO, although I suspect the other two will need a little 'freshening up' by...

    Dec 1, 2023 at 10:27 PM

  11. torgormaig replied to the thread Tornado.

    Am I the only one who is surprised that the loco needed a new set of tyres after such a short life? What mileage did they get out of the first set of tyres? Peter

    Dec 1, 2023 at 7:12 AM

  12. torgormaig liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.

    Tom siding with the GWR!? I nearly fell off my chair :eek:

    Nov 30, 2023
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