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  1. أعجب Jamessquared بمشاركة WorkingPressure225' في موضوع 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 اكتوبر 2025 في 9:50 مساءاً

  2. المشاركة في موضوع 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 اكتوبر 2025 في 6:18 مساءاً

  3. المشاركة في موضوع Isle Of Man Steam Railway.

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

    ‏14 اكتوبر 2025 في 6:15 مساءاً

  4. أعجب Jamessquared بمشاركة Jimc' في موضوع Push Pull Control Systems.

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

    ‏13 اكتوبر 2025 في 4:42 مساءاً

  5. المشاركة في موضوع 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 اكتوبر 2025 في 3:23 مساءاً

  6. المشاركة في موضوع 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 اكتوبر 2025 في 12:59 مساءاً

  7. أعجب Jamessquared بمشاركة 21B' في موضوع 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 اكتوبر 2025 في 12:46 مساءاً

  8. أعجب Jamessquared بمشاركة torgormaig' في موضوع 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 اكتوبر 2025 في 9:17 صباحاً
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