Indeed, we find that most "normals" are quite happy with an 03- it has a "chimney", coupling rods and, if the engine produces a few puffs of the...
A point that might be worth mentioning is that the initial approach that led to 03 197s visit to the IoW came through NP. Some say it's all...
The story of the geographically challenged lady had already got back here:). It reminds me of a story from my far-off youth. On holiday in...
Yes Paul, I'm afraid that I was unable to make the trip overseas, due mainly to a shortage of staff at Mangapps, some of them having decamped to...
03 197 left Mangapps last night and should arrive on the IoW this afternoon. Good luck with the Gala, it promises to be a great event. Although...
Interesting to note the plate fixed to the inside of the carriage door. We have one of these in the Mangapps museum collection (it currently...
As does this one, on a trespass warning notice of the Peking-Mukden Railway in Mangapps Railway Museum. Some doubt exists as to whether this is a...
Our plough, which I measured, is 965204. Very interesting pictures. They show that there were considerable variations, for example the...
I sympathise with that view. There's no harm in talking about "wouldn't it be nice" schemes, or rather ideas; the problem is that a few people...
This raises more questions! I've just had a look at our example, and I have no doubt, from the depth of the headstock, that the front (loco end)...
I don't know much about this proposal or the proposed site, though I have visited Ludgershall a couple of times. However, I do know a little about...
I guess it was a mixture of technical suitability- the V2 tenders were the right size and the locos had rear truck wheelsets which were also the...
According to Don Rowland's "British Railways Wagons", 41 Independent Snowploughs were built to Lot No. 3539 in 1965 at Cowlairs, Eastleigh and...
Perhaps that's the idea. Didn't some of the "metal fairies," who were such a problem to heritage railways when the scrap price was high, turn out...
Good grief! The last "official" faces that we purchased cost £30 each, they're still lying around here somewhere! £900 each?? Greedy, or what:mad:!
A further update on 47 771; The loco is planned to be moved to Eastleigh for repairs, but no news about its eventual operating destination....
Same here, though we packed it up two years earlier. It is a great pity, because throughout the '90s "Thomas" events were extremely lucrative...
Mangapps Railway, at Burnham on Crouch, will be holding their annual August Gala on the 27th, 28th & 29th. Passenger services will be diesel...
This also shows the importance of a safety rule that many ignore or don't know about- never use a crowbar to turn rails, always use a proper rail...
I tend to agree with @Steve : When we were involved with "Thomas", Hit used to get very upset about anything Thomas-like being in public view,...
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