Rumour has it that Pope Benedict is in the UK mainly to Canonise those schoolboys....
thank you. Im not critizing the collection as it is today, its simply world class and a credit to all those involved.Hindsight is a wonderfull thing.
funnily enough my family holidays seem to miraculously co-incide with spotting a steam train or a bus museum or a car rally.. The last time was...
I'm interested to know what the policy was on compiling the collection in the days when locos were available. Why was no large GWR tank included...
Mr Coullis would be better qualified to answer that, but as far as Im concerned a proper "preserved" loco would be kept in a condition and...
Indeed it was about all tanks but the ones that did make it are almost all specialist locos and theres a huge lack of run of the mill goods...
Was it a bit of an oversight though? I dont think its true they are ALL working or under overhaul...what about 7229 for example? (I take your...
Without looking it up, there seem to be very few tank locos in the NRM collection. There are as far as I know NO large freight tanks although...
a little perspective. To you and me they are wonderful old steam locos that should be marching up and down entertaining us. To the very many...
only because they dont have room for inside ones and are a derivation of a Cornish design anyway. The 94xx in SOuth Wales were to replace all the...
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quite common in the west country that sight was....
ONE of the things Swindon was best at.The other one is "everything else" :-)
My view is it would have to be outside cylindered with all the modern gadgets on the other standards and would have to look like part of the...
....what might a BR Standard 0-6-0t shunter have looked like?
i had a V4 Corsair many years ago and a guy appeared beside me under the bonnet and said" Oh is it two cylinder then?"
Re: My big idea of how to restore THREE Merchant Navies... Bear with me, its a good o you forgot the half a packet of cigarettes.....
Re: My big idea of how to restore THREE Merchant Navies... Bear with me, its a good o I think perhaps MNs may be a non-starter but the basic plan...
Re: My big idea of how to restore THREE Merchant Navies... Bear with me, its a good o a good plan in theory...and doesnt it make sense to save...
what a great ad for the gwlii! you couldnt buy publicity like that!
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