Reported to be going to David Smith's Aysgarth project.
I'm sure I read somewhere that the Duchesses had too large a clearance volume, I wonder if the redesigned cylinders addressed this. All water...
Does the NYMR have many compartment coaches? Dave
Is Black 5 44901's chassis still there? There is a Facebook page but not very illuminating. https://www.facebook.com/groups/326177054130378/ Dave
Just received the SVR's Branch Lines online newsletter which says they will open their pubs on 4 July and the railway on 1 August. Dave
From the HRA https://www.hra.uk.com/covid19-may-2020 not very helpful on the really difficult issue, what to do on passenger coaches. Dave
The East Lanc's appeal was highlighted on BBC North-West Today...
"45699 Galatea is a sister engine of former resident 45690 Leander. As of 2019 she is owned by the Beet family, and operated on the main line by...
A pal pointed out that the SVR Wiki pages contain the information that Galatea's ownership passed to the Beet family (The Jubilee locomotive Co....
Well the theory that is mine is the short piston stroke is a factor, giving a much less even torque than for example a Hall with 30" stroke. Dave
A.J.Powell recalled a meeting of the Institute of Loco Engineers around 1950 when a film was shown of how the Norfolk and Western serviced its...
W. Elgar Dickinson in his excellent A Friend in Steam mentions a school trip to Crewe in the early 50s where their guide commented that the last...
I almost wish you hadn't told me about the Stanier tanks! Such a shame. Dave
Unfortunately the ORR guidance doesn't really go into how such matters could be resolved....
Yesterday the ONS said an extra 50,000 people had died in the last six weeks in the UK over what would normally be expected, that's horrendous. Dave
Metropolitan Jubilee coach 353 had its restored body put on a PMV chassis. I remember a talk about it where much calculation had been done to...
The ORR have published a heritage railway recovery plan:...
Slightly off-topic but mention of Bill Harvey earlier reminded me that my only cab ride in BR steam days was about 1960 when I was staying with my...
Report on WNXX of a break in at the ELR last Friday with £10k of non-ferrous items stolen. Dave
At least we got the winter refurb finished on the NRM's LMS Third Open 7828 thanks to a lot of hard work by the dedicated volunteers before...
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