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  1. Jamessquared a plăcut postul lui WorkingPressure225 în subiectul 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 Oct 2025 la 21:50

  2. Jamessquared a răspuns la subiectul 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 Oct 2025 la 18:18

  3. Jamessquared a răspuns la subiectul Isle Of Man Steam Railway.

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

    14 Oct 2025 la 18:15

  4. Jamessquared a plăcut postul lui Jimc în subiectul Push Pull Control Systems.

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

    13 Oct 2025 la 16:42

  5. Jamessquared a răspuns la subiectul 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 Oct 2025 la 15:23

  6. Jamessquared a răspuns la subiectul 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 Oct 2025 la 12:59

  7. Jamessquared a plăcut postul lui 21B în subiectul 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 Oct 2025 la 12:46

  8. Jamessquared a plăcut postul lui torgormaig în subiectul 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 Oct 2025 la 09:17
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