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Wenlock liked H Cloutt's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
More pictures of last weeks track laying at Section 5c have been posted on the blog https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/07/section-5c-track-laying-2-putting-it.html
Jul 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM -
Wenlock liked Romsey's post in the thread Fire Risk.
Class 33's provide eth at nominally 750v DC to be compatible with now historic Southern Region emu stock. The loco hauled mark 2 stock which West Coast and other operators use works at 1000v ac. It caused grief 40+ years with class 33's on cross...
Jul 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM -
Wenlock replied to the thread Fire Risk.
As far as I remember, all variants of class 33 were built with ETH. With two locos, there should surely be sufficient electrical supply for the train. Unless of course, the ETH equipment has been removed, or not maintained/certified, or simply...
Jul 15, 2026 at 9:38 AM -
Wenlock liked Big Al's post in the thread Fire Risk.
From my perspective I think that Network Rail is all over the shop in handling fire risk on the network and its reactive behaviour in respect of steam charters is a good illustration of that. So a few thoughts. My starting point is the fact that...
Jul 15, 2026 at 9:23 AM -
Wenlock liked A1X 32670's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
For those interested in the track relaying, a new post has been released by the RVR on their blogspot site detailing what we got upto last week. Wednesday was especially hot and very uncomfortable but made all the more easier by working with a...
Jul 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM -
Wenlock liked H Cloutt's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
I understand that work on the North Bridge Street Level Crossing will commence on 27th July. I have seen a copy of a letter from the contractor [Road Ways] to local residents.
Jul 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
