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  1. torgormaig erstellte einen Anhang in dem Thema P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.

    I'm not quite sure what you are referring to here but on Bulleid boilers the U shape is visible externally even though the effect is internal. It looks very different to the more normal flat sectioned foundation ring bar. Here is the U shaped...

    IMG_2484 copy.jpg 15 Dezember 2025 um 10:37

  2. torgormaig erstellte einen Anhang in dem Thema The 'Festive Flying Scotsman'. 14/12/25.

    Although only indirectly relevant to this thread, York has seen an abundance of steam working in the lead up to Christmas this year. Appropriately this has included all four types of LNER pacific, as seen here: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not a...

    IMG_3134 copy.jpg 20251214_150438 copy.jpg IMG_8700 copy copy.jpg 14 Dezember 2025 um 23:04

  3. torgormaig gefällt Dan Hills Beitrag in dem Thema RTC 2025.

    Less than 12 hours after the double headed exploits of 61306 and 71000 last night, it was 34028's turn to visit Haywards Heath. Came in on Platform 2 today, rather than the usual Platform 1 that stopping steam tours use. The second was a...

    PXL_20251213_075059128.jpg Screenshot_20251213-080448.png 13 Dezember 2025 um 09:13

  4. torgormaig gefällt Dan Hills Beitrag in dem Thema Saphos 2025.

    Here's my pictures from this evening. Firstly at Preston Park and then Haywards Heath, although they're a bit blurry. Quite a few out to see it, including a few families at Preston Park. A bit of shoving from the Diesel departing Haywards Heath,...

    PXL_20251212_205212947.jpg PXL_20251212_214151349.jpg PXL_20251212_214140739.jpg 13 Dezember 2025 um 07:55

  5. torgormaig gefällt Dan Hills Beitrag in dem Thema RTC 2025.

    Given the unusual nature of having 3 steam locos (61306/71000 on today's Saphos trip and 34028 on tomorrow's RTC trip) visiting Haywards Heath within 14 hours, I've decided to head out to see 34028 tomorrow morning, so I can finally see her on...

    12 Dezember 2025 um 21:41

  6. torgormaig antwortete auf das Thema Saphos 2025.

    Dan, looking at the current track diagrams, the up loop at Haywards Heath has two signals. One as you say is at the north end of Platform 4 and the other is at the loop exit out at Copyhold Junction. If it appears that the signal at the end of...

    12 Dezember 2025 um 21:40

  7. torgormaig antwortete auf das Thema Saphos 2025.

    I know HH has changed considerably since I grew up there in the 1960s but Platform 4 is still on the up loop which extends nearly a mile to Copyhold Junction. Thats plenty of room to get the longest train in clear of the main line in the rear. OK...

    12 Dezember 2025 um 18:32

  8. torgormaig antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Maybe, but is there a need to do this? It seems that at present all the necessary equipment that is needed to operate the current curtailed service is already at Pickering. Lets give them time to assess the situation and formulate the way...

    12 Dezember 2025 um 15:51

  9. torgormaig erstellte einen Anhang in dem Thema P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.

    I agree Steve, it doesn't look like a U shaped "foundation ring" - it looks more like the foundation ring on Tornado's boiler when it returned from Germany in 2011 after its first overhaul as seen here [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Peter

    IMG_2716 copy.jpg IMG_2749 copy.jpg 12 Dezember 2025 um 15:24

  10. torgormaig antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    In other words Bridge 42 is closed to all traffic with immediate effect, with the result that Grosmont is cut of from the rest of the line. Trains will still run from Pickering to Goathland. Fortunately the Santa trains are only operating from...

    12 Dezember 2025 um 09:02

  11. torgormaig gefällt Apollo12s Beitrag in dem Thema Saphos 2025.

    Not quite, the rule book has procedures in place to follow when a safety system fails in service so you can carry on. What you can’t do however is enter service or start a new journey with such a fault.

    11 Dezember 2025 um 22:36

  12. torgormaig gefällt 46223s Beitrag in dem Thema 60 years ago today..

    Just thought I'd post these two photos taken by me 60 years ago today, Decenber 11th 1965, on the WCML at Charnock Richard. 70021 on a southbound van train and 48363 0n a southbound freight.

    Original photos_002.jpg Original photos_001.jpg 11 Dezember 2025 um 22:16

  13. torgormaig gefällt gricerdons Beitrag in dem Thema RTC Sherborne Christmas Carols: 3/12/25.

    And some of us got very excited on seeing D/Ls 10202 and 10203 passing Bromley South on the Arrer sometime back in the vague past. Presumably one did not have enough power otherwise it would have needed a kettle on the rear!

    8 Dezember 2025

  14. torgormaig erstellte einen Anhang in dem Thema RTC Sherborne Christmas Carols: 3/12/25.

    D/L was a common railway abbreviation back in steam days, as shown here in a page from a weekly STN (Special Traffic Notice) from the last week of April 1965, six weeks before steam ended on the SR Central Section. [ATTACH] Some of us dinosaurs...

    65-4-26a copy.jpg 8 Dezember 2025
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