I think that Pauls thinking is very much horses for courses. W24 would do fine between Pickering and Whitby provided it had air braked stock and...
6695 might need a tad more than 5' 3" !
I believe that a bardic has actually been used in those circumstances.
Arthur was quite the character, his nickname to some was “beg pardon “
6336 aka NLR 46 (built 1864) at Havenstreet operational since 1986 to add to your list Tom
Yes that is a requirement but totally separate to the passenger communication device. With Vacuum and Air brakes the brakes will apply in both...
The communication device on older stock is the passenger communication cord, which if operated by a passenger gives a partial vacuum application...
In that case you might be "rather disappointed" if you visited the Isle of Wight Steam railway.
The overhaul and maintenance records at Havenstreet have been backed up and enhanced by the use of photos for a good few years now, very much...
Agreed after rereading a number of times :-)
Intrigued to know why the cab roof is different from a single to a double chimney?
The trouble is John that some Loco owners have in the past taken Brunswick green as the accurate colour and actually painted their locos in that...
Not in their BR lives, a couple of Black 5s have carried BR Green (it’s is not Brunswick! and never has been ) in the preservation era. In the...
When I was with BR the standard method was to set the bogie frame height first using all four corners, they must all end up at the set height....
Just a quick post, the four new axlebox springs for No 10 cost far more than the total cost of purchase and conversion of a PMV underframe. A PMV...
I believe that their was a plan to bring more modern coaches over with the BR 2 tanks but nothing was available that fitted the Islands limited...
I rather enjoyed that , thank you.
From the mid 1920s the E1 was overhauled by Bagnalls so I think that it’s a fair bet that it’s not just the boiler that they replaced. I thought...
The Isle of Wight council are supportive but at arms length, they have bigger problems to deal with that they seen determined to make even worse...
The original rooms were in the arches of the over bridge but I think were dismantled long before the Railway closed. Not sure about the platform,...
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