A sector plate of the same length as a turntable could have approximately double the radius, which should give an easier curve into a run round...
The Mid Hants LROs of 1977 and 1985 both specifically forbid the use of electric traction (unless self-generated or battery). I would imagine that...
A jury-rig solution is one thing, but surely preservation is something a bit more ambitious? Pat
I suspect that the BoT view may have changed with time. The West Highland is a bit of an anomaly in that (as I believe it) the land was given to...
Standard practice at the time, as far as I know. The Board of Trade regarded a single line railway as an uncompleted railway - hence having to...
You don't get a lot for £70,000 these days. (Sadly) Pat
It was the timing of it that woke me up. At the same time a W. Willcocks was appointed to Bordon (previously uncovered), although there was a lot...
Prior to the juice going in the service was pretty much a Waterloo to Southampton one. Alton was also a termination for the Meon Valley. When the...
Attached is a shot of the chassis of the ex-Slough Hudswell Clarke taken when it was on the Mid Hants. You can make out the transverse spring...
Special service today. Park and ride from Ropley to Alresford for the Watercress Festival. Service trains ran Ropley to Alton. First Down from...
That sounds like the old method at Mountfield. Containers were loaded through roof doors at Southampton, removed on to tipping skeleton trailers...
According to JB Radford (page 131) three standard 0-6-0's were rebuilt with 6'-0" wheels and new frames: 2049, June 1906; 2056, September 1906;...
R W Urie's 4-8-0. Or was it just a figment of Stephen Townroe's imagination? Pat
Shouldn't be using a phone in the cab. Big no no. Sackable offence on the Big Railway. Pat
In main line terms it applies regardless - it applied to me and our drivers in So'ton Docks. It is, of course, a nonsense when the loco is a...
Waiting. Breath bated. Pat
All that is needed is for the fireman, or the ground frame operator, to see the driver to the blocks. Beats me why some seem to missing the...
If the NG15 performance is as you describe, cue wailing and gnashing of teeth at Boston Lodge for having bet the farm on the dearer option. Pat
Monobloc wheels are, I believe, pressed off their axles and replaced when down to scrapping size. Did I imagine it, or is there a source of tyres...
Comment from one of my colleagues today - that the 28xx looked better near the end of its ticket than some visitors we've had that were fresh out...
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