Thanks for the various replies, in particular the very detailed ones. The document referred to by Steve ( John Knowles) is very good indeed. It'll...
Can anyone tell me what locomotive tractive effort is considered necessary to move a particular trainload from standstill. ( I assume restarting...
Thanks for the explanation.
Looks like I've not been paying attention ! What's the story there then ?
Hi, - thanks for sending the texts - the system is no use unless somebody makes the effort to update everyone. On receiving your update about...
Classic situation isn't it ? To coin a phrase "you've got to speculate to accumulate" - unless 48624 is put out there and advertised you can't...
Yes. It's time I came clean here - one of my daughters bought me a footplate experience thing on Peak Rail for my birthday - It was completed a...
Thanks for the explanation. What sort of reasons do the board give for not being able /not wishing to use the 8F and do they put forth any sort of...
I've only recently started reading this thread - please forgive my laziness in not ferreting back through previous stuff to, perhaps, answer my...
Indeed !!!!
I lived and worked in Wednesbury for about 5 years in the late 70's and often heard "Smerrick" and "Brummagem" and all sorts of other odd phrases....
Me too. A great pity none of these ever came near to preservation.
I too would love to see her back, but I think that 6233's boots will take some filling. 6233is a real crowd puller, is as reliable as you will...
Thanks For some reason I find Moor street a very evocative place although I'm not from Brum, and I found your stuff very interesting and...
Anyone know why 60009 was taken off the Crewe/Scarborough tour today ?
Wasn't there a story about somebody taking Flying Scotsman from Manchester to Liverpool in full forward gear all the way and just about emptying...
Some excellent points I think - I also agree very much with JIMC's sentiments in the previous post. Point 8 - using the injectors - I don't quite...
It is something of a mystery to me that Scots Guardsman and Leander don't get a bit more revenue earning mianline activity than they do...
I think a dose of realism is having an effect here. In replies to other threads I have implied or said that there is clearly a limit to the number...
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