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Current and Proposed New-Builds

Duel brakes? Is that to showcase the fight between the steam loco on the front and the diesel on the back, as to which of them is really...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏30 مارس 2018 في منتدى: Steam Traction
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Big Diesel Little Diesel

While not answering the original question, another part of the background to this is the thinking around at the time of the BR Modernisation Plan....

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏18 مارس 2018 في منتدى: Diesel & Electric Traction
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Modern traction, stuff like Sprinters, Pacers, Voyagers. In future will people want to preserve them

Having a story to tell ... fine, but that makes these units primarily suitable as an exhibit at the NRM; or any other large museums that try to...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏7 فبراير 2018 في منتدى: Diesel & Electric Traction
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10 most important / noteworthy UK steam designs .your views and why

Wow! Yes! A prime mover that uses totally green (in every sense) renewable fuel; and can even replicate itself every year or two, without any...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏5 فبراير 2018 في منتدى: Steam Traction
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Modern traction, stuff like Sprinters, Pacers, Voyagers. In future will people want to preserve them

Yes, an interesting argument. On the modern stuff being too complicated, one difference between 20th century preservation and (say) mid 21st...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏3 فبراير 2018 في منتدى: Diesel & Electric Traction
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10 most important / noteworthy UK steam designs .your views and why

Hard to disagree with most of what you say! But maybe you are just a little too harsh in calling Leader Bulleid's "whim"? There was a perfectly...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏3 فبراير 2018 في منتدى: Steam Traction
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10 most important / noteworthy UK steam designs .your views and why

I wonder if the lists offered so far are taking too narrow a view of what is "noteworthy" and a "UK steam design". Arguably the Garratt...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏2 فبراير 2018 في منتدى: Steam Traction
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How do your wives/girlfriends view your interest in Steam Railways ?

Interesting thread. I am very lucky, my wife likes trains and shares some trips, though she's not into the steam railway technical detail. Take...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏23 يناير 2018 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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Modern traction, stuff like Sprinters, Pacers, Voyagers. In future will people want to preserve them

Some useful debate here about the desirability to our public of offering modern traction on preserved lines. But leaving that on one side,...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏9 يناير 2018 في منتدى: Diesel & Electric Traction
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Current and Proposed New-Builds

Yes absolutely, the drawings are kept bang up to date at the NRM of Mordor.

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏13 ديسمبر 2017 في منتدى: Steam Traction
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Current and Proposed New-Builds

While this thread is interesting, maybe most of us are not thinking sufficiently far outside the box. So how about one of these? Could attract a...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏12 ديسمبر 2017 في منتدى: Steam Traction
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Isle of Wight Steam Railway - Ferry Problem

Not an easy one. Some of the IoW economy is tourist-based and a significant number of visitors come because they like the special (and a little...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏10 ديسمبر 2017 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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Which Preserved Lines have Electric Car Charging Points??

Fair point, but - that was then. We are led to believe that ownership of electric cars will soon go mainstream; and maybe once that happens,...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏3 ديسمبر 2017 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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Which Preserved Lines have Electric Car Charging Points??

Good points. Still a bit difficult to see how this would work in practice. The present model is that fuel retailers provide just a few filling...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏27 نوفمبر 2017 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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Which Preserved Lines have Electric Car Charging Points??

Interesting discussion. If the use of pure (as opposed to hybrid) electric vehicles becomes common, catering for them could become quite an issue...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏26 نوفمبر 2017 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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45212 to Swanage: 5/10/17

A bit of video from Horsley, yesterday morning. Had a last-minute scramble to get any view but the sound was magnificent. [MEDIA]

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏6 اكتوبر 2017 في منتدى: What's Going On
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The Remembrance Line- The campaign to save the Folkestone Harbour Branch

I think Tom's point was more about the potential of a dummy third rail to create complacency in the general public - kids trespassing, etc -...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏8 سبتمبر 2017 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

Entirely agree. Can't wait to see Beachy Head working. An attractive design: a "missing link"; truly appropriate in terms of...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏6 سبتمبر 2017 في منتدى: Steam Traction
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That infortunate British loading gauge!!

Regarding the suggestions above that British railway engineering innovations .." in the main, ended at about 1900. Churchward looked to France and...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏14 أوت 2017 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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The merits or otherwise of BR Mk I coaches, ex-Bluebell Motive Power

I tend to agree. Used to rather despise Mk 1s, and still on the whole prefer well restored pre-BR vehicles (as seen on the Bluebell, IOWSR and...

المشاركة بواسطة: Peter Wilde, ‏9 جويلية 2017 في منتدى: Heritage Rolling Stock

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