I would be interested to know what trains went non stop through Carlisle ,let alone at speed.
79XXX were various types of DMUs built in the mid fifties.
Near normal already.
Lamp brackets on ex GWR passenger loco's were altered from the very top, to on the smokebox door in the 1930s, .The first Hall was 5922 ,done...
One image of 70013 at Loughboro'after working 10.45 from Leicester today 17/07/2016. Still facing north ,has the turntable been repaired at...
Yes on its way 37516 on the front, Rugby 16.19 to 16.50 ,Northampton 17.15.
Broken piston rings ?You need a well trained ear and good knowledge of a that type of loco to spot this, a continuous blow up the chimney past the...
I've known this to happen on expresses out of St Pancras, with 5Xs , we used to ride in the brake van ,in the coach nearest the front, and watch...
Here here ,my mother house was 200 yards east of the Midland main line, at the start of 6 miles of 1 in 125 .I would try and keep up with one...
Nice Sound climbing out of Kettering ,much better than last tme.Nothing from diesel on the back. First time I 've heard the whistle, sounded like...
Thanks for the remarks. Never heard of a Bahco .But if the adjustable are the type I'm thinking of there wasn't a great lot of space in a loco...
Don't they have to be tested for spark throwing , a run in the dark needed ?
I see the Northern Island part of the tour visits Derry. Must be a day or two since steam was seen in that neck of the woods.
Not wishing to go round in circles but it still on realtime for today Thurs ,no mention of cancelled. Yes, yesterday cancelled
Don't no whether I've missed a post or on the wrong thread, but Steam Info has 6201 on a le movement today ,12.20 from Tysley ,back 17.14.And...
Blimey ,what the weight of a tool box these days with all those spanners in. Some fitters tools box needed a crane to lift them in the 1950/60s...
All this talk on metal has just reminded me of bolts that had heads made smaller to save metal during WW2.Just for example a whitworth thread...
As we are talking about steam loco's ,and what posters have been saying about metal loosing strength over the years, what would be the life time...
Now electric both ways.Maybe Tornado next year.
Yes you are correct in stating that I am unaware of the 464 page book by the Loco Manufactures Ass',doubt whether I would have read it if I had ....
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