Crawley Ben's Recent Activity
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Crawley Ben liked SebWelsh's post in the thread WSR Spring Steam Spectacular - Fri 2nd May to Mon 5th May 2025.
The WSR Gala Planning Team is excited to announce one final surprise guest for the Spring Steam Spectacular event next weekend (Friday 2nd to Monday 5th May)! Events are of course not just about the visiting locomotives, so how about a visiting...
Apr 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Crawley Ben liked marshall5's post in the thread Isle Of Man Steam Railway.
As, hopefully, the photos below show, Douglas workshops continue to turn out high quality work. Last Tuesday Saloon carriage F32 returned to the dining set after repairs and repaint. This is now the second vehicle of the five to carry the...
Apr 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Crawley Ben liked ruddingtonrsh56's post in the thread Spa Valley Railway - Latest News.
Thanks for the recommendation - we did exactly this and it was a lovely walk, would thoroughly recommend it for anybody thinking of adding a stroll to a visit to the Spa Valley (the path past Harrison Rocks is not on Google Maps so if anybody...
Apr 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Crawley Ben liked AlexGWR1994's post in the thread SVR Spring Steam Gala - 18th-21st April 2025.
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Crawley Ben liked 6026 King John's post in the thread SVR Spring Steam Gala - 18th-21st April 2025.
Very enjoyable day at the gala today. Six cracking locos all in good form! Numbers were noticeably a bit down on what you'd usually expect on a Saturday but still plenty of people about. Maybe it was the effect of the gala being held over...
Apr 19, 2025
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Crawley Ben liked LMarsh1987's post in the thread SVR Spring Steam Gala - 18th-21st April 2025.
Good things come to those who wait, well, in regards to having two Jubes on the Valley that is ! I'm reliably told that the last time was the mid 1980's. [MEDIA]
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Crawley Ben liked 2857Harry's post in the thread SVR Spring Steam Gala - 18th-21st April 2025.
I had a brilliant morning firing Galatea. An absolute credit to the WCRC team. Brilliant engine :)
Apr 19, 2025
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Crawley Ben liked 2857Harry's post in the thread SVR Spring Steam Gala - 18th-21st April 2025.
Probably worth noting that the ticket sales are not all doom and gloom as portrayed here. They are at a good level against the budget for this specific event. Comparing to previous events given the circumstances of this one is not in any way useful
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Crawley Ben liked kieranhardy's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
7802 was out on test again today, this time with the maroon set, 3 round trips between Highley and Kidderminster..... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Apr 19, 2025
