But was that the paint or the appeal of the engine?
Yes, we are indeed fortunate that such a lot has survived, and that so many people have done a tremendous job within the preservation movement. I...
I don't know the definitive answer but I suspect it was because of the retirement of Tom Coleman; he had been responsible for the 'Utility Front'...
No Mate, This livery debate has been going on for years, possibly decades! So its seems, anyway.
I wasn't getting at you, my friend, there is a new generation out there who don't know and look to others for information. It isn't your fault...
Is it though? As an engineer, I can say it's actually a surface coating, there to protect the material below from contamination and deterioration...
Now that's what I call progress!
Certainly some of us developed a deep-seated hatred of BR and that included its liveries, I for one did and retain it to this day. Many others,...
Oh god, no!
Can't really press 'Like' - just wouldn't seem appropriate somehow . . .
Don't go there!
There were a lot of groups at Barry in the 1970s and were did talk to each other. We generally knew, whatever was painted on the side, which...
ALL the opponents? You've asked them all?
I don't think you could lean very hard on those buffers!
It might not have been difficult but it was expensive, and great efforts would be made to avoid having to make new ones, particularly for a very...
It's a long time since I was fireman (on the SVR) but at that time the engines were as they arrived from BR service, and mod cons had not then...
Basically, GWR injectors work while LMS injectors are ... erm, a bit on the temperamental side. Usually at least one is playing up, but when both...
As said later, twelve were bought in running order straight from BR, but I know what you mean. I was involved then with 8F 8233/8773 at the Severn...
Apart from large lumps of it still at the East Lancs Railway.
At the risk of being mercilessly hunted down by an angry public, I actually agree with that one!
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