Will Marsh explains this from 1.04. [MEDIA]
8F 8233 made a journey over quite a distance over what was then BR with the handbrake screwed down because the WR fireman couldn't find the...
Apparently, the fun started during World War II when the relief crew saw an S160 rolling in . . .
I've only once been on an LNER Pacific, in 1973 when 4472 came back from the States and was lit up at Edge Hill, where I'd just booked on duty. I...
How odd. You'd have thought that handing the thread to give the right movement would be the logical way to go, easier than eliminating to rocking...
Almost! The wheel turns the normal direction for forward and back gears, but the indicator moves backwards for fore gear and forwards for back...
A slip was not uncommon but was generally checked very quickly by the driver; once the wheels were slipping the adhesion between wheels and rail...
Additional to what was visible one of the driving wheels shifted on its axle so had to be pressed off and refitted in the correct orientation.
2004 was the year the main line return plans fell apart. The awarding body, RESCO, lost all the existing paperwork so there were no grandfather...
As they always have!
I can't help thinking your finding, or possibly looking for, problems that don't exist.
I can't see where anyone actually criticised the routing of the feed pipe. Or do GWR fans really lack a sense of humour? Certainly the ones I...
I wonder how they polished the copper feed pipes inside?
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