Quite. I seem to recall that the sudden shutdown of heritage railways due to the pandemic, occurred soon after 4144 had arrived, been tested etc....
I believe the service pattern requires three of those four Hunslets to be in use on each day. First service runs top&tailed Tenterden to...
And presumably, if the loco had stood for a while, the cylinders would be cold and the steam could be condensing more in the cylinders?
Surely "Ovoids" merely describes the size and shape. That form can be used for various recipes of combustibles.
Not 33052, that's at Bluebell . The coaches at Wittersham Rd are those which were removed from the siding at Ewhurst. Moved to Witt Rd as the...
Copied from Facebook Kent & East Sussex Railway - This weekend We are putting 33202 to work right away along with our DMMU and DEPG Class 14...
Posted on Facebook that a Class 33 has arrived at KESR for support during the extreme fire risk....
I made my first visit to the line since Christmas today. Bearing in mind that I normally volunteer two or three times a month in the season,...
NBL 24564/39 If I recall correctly, unlined medium blue originally. With cast brass nameplates "Coventry No. 1" Spent many years masquerading...
I've had a look at the crew roster. It does indeed show one steam loco, plus the DMMU.
That roster appears to be the locomotive department's running schedule for steam raisers and PIC. It is formatted landscape, so you may need to...
I'm interested in the circular wear pattern in the centre. Makes me wonder if it might have been a load distribution plate for one end of a...
No problem, different livery each side, if you don't like one side turn the loco to see the other side.
But only if Cranbrook Rd gates are guaranteed manned. Re-starting a five set twice (stop for guard to open gates, then again to pick the guard up...
Probably a silly question but, is there some kind of rigid link between the pivot and the outer ring? Just to maintain their relative positions.
KESR have the four road carriage storage building at Rolvenden, paid for largely by the RVR. Mainly used for serviceable stock which is not...
Geographical constraints prevent a direct run of 'the whole trainload' from the mainline onto the RVR. The post which I replied to mentioned...
The old truism of 'you can have two out of three, but never three together' applies. A good job done cheaply, will not be quick. A quick job done...
As regards 'a rake of carriages', the siding behind the Mainline platform is rather short. Mainline railtours tend to be quite long. Shunting a...
Some railways have concentrated their efforts over the years on varying objectives. It always used to strike me when visiting 'other railways',...
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