Wasn't it the SECR locos that were prefixed with an A? A for Ashford, B for Brighton, E for Eastleigh? I could obviously be wrong; I'm not really...
Well yes, but read the story. The Swanage has apparently gone cashless because of the lack of available banking facilities in Swanage (surely must...
I understand that for a period prior to his death, Adrian Curtis suffered from a debilitating illness that affected his ability to manage his...
Apropos of no one in particular, this thread has often reminded me of the old saying that the reason why academic disagreements are frequently...
Very well put. Since 'moving on' has been mentioned, I think Neville Lawrence's piece in the Guardian today is worth a couple of minutes of...
The difference between 'VFM' and 'getting rinsed' is often just a matter of personal perception. Expensive things can offer value for money. What...
Well, elsewhere on the internet there's this... [ATTACH]
All things considered I think I doubt that, but if we allow that that might be the case, what is the historiographical justification and purpose?
Brunel did not design any locomotives per se but provided a set of specifications that were essentially unworkable and led to things like...
The largest diameter coupled wheels on a British locomotive were 7'7" on the NER Q1 (LNER D18) which were built in 1896 specifically with a view...
As always there are good points here, but even as a GWR man I'm agnostic about what CoT may or may not have done, other than (like Mallard, or...
I would suggest that either "revised" or "amended" would have been a better choice of words than "corrected" as that implies that 126mph has been...
Simon, indulge me just this once, and go back and re-read what I said. In context here, I specifically applied Sayre's law (by quoting a previous...
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