Well said...
Yes the reason why the two at the K&ESR were saved as their tow to the scrapyard got delayed when both locos both suffered hot boxes....
I can't believe there been no mention in the magazines about it, a preserved station in possible trouble...
I laugh at it if it makes you feel better! :-)
I just throught mention that this simi-preserved former Great Eastern Railway station might be under threat. Reading my copy of the Great Eastern...
Is the Ivatt not that powerful then? At Swanage we use the M7 on six coaches, and technically she's a BR class 2 like the Ivatt.
Is there a chance of having all four 'P' tanks running together?
Are they going to be a bit short soon? The Ivatt tank and LYR tender engine are both recently been withdrawn as well.
I hate to go slightly of the rails here, but this must be the longest running thread now! 200 pages. Shows how much passion Flying Scotsman...
maybe next year we have a short 'vintage' set available. :) the only issue where to find the money to do the rest of the ex. SR carriages...
6695 does induce a 'sea' motion on the train. And its not just her a volunteer I know at Llangollen said that when 5643 was there, she had the...
Well maybe, but that probably better to put in with the narrow gauge threads....
I think the original list pretty much it. There are of course some engines which are preserved which are sister engines to ones that were sent. As...
ten years sounds about right for a restoration from a grounded body coach. I think only the Isle of Wight do it a little quicker but only a...
Ah. I was going to joke and say "At least your weight issue is solve-able" but that won't work now will it!!! The DFR is the one railway I...
I randomly looked at the DFR website just now, and I've noticed that the timetable has (I think temporary) changed. Steam has been replaced...
Fair enough. Pitty really...
But they didn't scan 'Birch Grove'.... knickers...
Guess not...
not really if you only had 1 in traffic with the other under overhaul you could end up with no steam engines if the running one breaks down. It...
Separă nume cu o virgulă.