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  1. Jamessquared gefällt WorkingPressure225s Beitrag in dem Thema Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    As you said in an earlier post, the ‘Downton’ running in board has been there on and off for a number of years now - to my knowledge it’s nothing to do with the current filming. There’s probably an official reason it was installed but what I...

    14 Oktober 2025 um 21:50

  2. Jamessquared antwortete auf das Thema Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    We don’t make an especially big deal of the films made at the railway, at least not in the context of public events (*). I wonder if there are marketing / trademark restrictions on doing so? I guess we could stage an “Edwardian” event but...

    14 Oktober 2025 um 18:18

  3. Jamessquared antwortete auf das Thema Isle Of Man Steam Railway.

    It’s a variant of the “pin the the the tail on the donkey” game … Tom

    14 Oktober 2025 um 18:15

  4. Jamessquared gefällt Jimcs Beitrag in dem Thema Push Pull Control Systems.

    Here's what RCTS has to say: Presumably we are looking at the heavy pivoted bracket.

    13 Oktober 2025 um 16:42

  5. Jamessquared antwortete auf das Thema Push Pull Control Systems.

    What's going on with the buffer beam? Looks like there is some central buffing plate rather than conventional draw gear? Tom

    13 Oktober 2025 um 15:23

  6. Jamessquared antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    The difficulty there is that the "pot" gets eroded by inflation. Another way to look at it would be to take your carriage requirement and overhaul plan. For example, suppose you aim to have 25 operational carriages and also aim to overhaul a...

    13 Oktober 2025 um 12:59

  7. Jamessquared gefällt 21Bs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I think this is true. I can give you one data point. A railway I know, used to have 24 carriages in service pre-covid. Maintenance arrears / condition (depending on how you view things) took that down to a low of less than 10 which was mid 2020...

    13 Oktober 2025 um 12:46

  8. Jamessquared gefällt torgormaigs Beitrag in dem Thema Swanage Railway General Discussion.

    Well this is my photo of (31)263 at Robertsbridge on 23/4/66. All that was left of the P/P gear is the smokebox attatchment that the pump was mounted on. [ATTACH] Peter

    66-4-23 31263 (2) copy.jpg 13 Oktober 2025 um 09:17
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