Wasn’t there also a Clayton prototype in the 60’s that worked on similar principles ? AFAIK it never really worked on the main line though
Apologies. I knew less about the comings and going is on the line after I stop volunteering in the mid-1970s (last thing I did was help demolish...
In the years, following reopening the K&ESR was also affected by a very low axle loading. This meant that even locOS that haD been on the line...
Great post and set of pics. I was a K&ESR volunteer from 1972-6 (at which point my family moved away from the area ) so missed the Robertsbridge...
As in the Dad’s Army episode ‘Is there honey still for tea?
Remarkable. Used to be had for £50 delivered. Makes me regret the rotten one we once torched to salvage the steel for scrap !
There isn’t - just adding to an earlier comment! Other than one going to a museum, I haven’t heard any update on the Sri Lanka cars for some time
Just seen this thread. Dom and Gervase (an 0-4-0 Manning Wardle rebuilt as a Sentinel, and subsequently restored by Mike Hart) both came to...
Didn’t the NNR have problems with a German boiler bodge job on the B12 many years ago ?
When I volunteered on the K&ESR the early 1970s there was an old chap called Tom (known as bogbrush) who volunteered to clean the toilets. He...
By the 1930’s, most passengers would have been carried on one of the ‘railcars’, which were very successful at driving away most of the few...
The original company had various secondhand locos from the LBSCR, LSWR and GWR. By the post WW2 period, hire-in’s of Terriers and SECR 01’s were...
Great pictures. Was there myself today but I don’t really bother with my own pictures as they’re never as good as other peoples! Good turnout-the...
Absolutely. Not many other places where there are large and popular beaches passed 4 times an hour by steam trains in high season, and where their...
To end his worries, it’s worth reading this recent annual report. Not many other railways pay dividends to shareholders....
Didn’t know that. Last time i was there I got talking to the legendary Geoff Kitchenside (former MR editor ) who was working as the Kingswear...
Agree. Miss taking my kids there as they are now older. However a friends just started work there so will have an excuse to visit
However the DSR is possibly unique as it is run on a commercial basis without volunteers or a supporting membership group. Much of its trade is...
I'm pretty sure that Spa Valley trains are not permitted to be running between Birchden and Eridge at the same time as a Southern service, but I...
This book is useful reading for anyone interested in the subject Cliff Railways of the British Isles (Locomotion Papers)...
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