I think I have him. Initials E.V., is that right? Army Service Corps, Temporary Lt.-Colonel w.e.f 20/12/1915. The 1918 index had 32 E. Thompson's,...
I was going to post a scan of an article in a 1939 copy of The Locomotive, being a biography of William Adams by Hamilton Ellis. But I keep...
Indeed. Wikipedia isn't any help, frankly. There is a whole column of Thompson E in the 1918 Army List, of all manner of Regiments and Corps. Give...
Following on from Mr. Drummond's military status. Looking through the 'Army List' for the 1st World War years (1914 to 1919) I found the said...
It's dark, raining, and you have a paraffin hand lamp. A through passenger train arrives from the 'Other' railway and you have to put your engine...
I thought that a general discussion of Locomotive Superintendents (and Chief Mechanical Engineers) may be of interest. Kick off with Dugald...
Pre-grouping it must have been a nightmare. From the HMRS 'Southern Style - Vol 1': The LSWR General Appendix 1922 stated that " All pipes...
With open carriages you can fit screens between the bays, so giving some separation (as the Ropley C&W shop has done). Couple that with a 0ne-way...
A 20 on its own was a rarity (excepting working T n'T). I remember pairs twittering through Derby with coke trains from Avenue (ex-LNER type...
A bit of positivity for everyone. https://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/blog/entry/loco-project-updates Pat
That's 'No Signalman Key Token'. I used to use the Fawley and Hamworthy instruments 'back in the day', while the signalman held down a plunger I...
I believe that the Germans managed to equip their side rods and motion with roller bearings, as did the Yanks. Pat
Out of interest, is the Kingscote to East Grinstead section still 'One Engine in Steam' or has it stepped up to 'No Signalman Key Token'? Pat
Dragging this back to Steam, and discs on the front of same, I am grateful to the editor of 'Swanning Around' for this link: [MEDIA] which is a...
Talking to one of my S15 colleagues in the past he is against poly patterns because of the residue remaining on the casting. Is it a problem when...
A South Western era Hovis ad went: H - Hampton Court Ô - Hounslow (i.e. O with a bar above) V - Teddington & Kingston I - Claygate S - Shepperton...
Boris talking scientific sense! :Saywhat: We have no more chance of becoming free of Covid than we have of being free of 'Flu. Sooner or later we...
In the Museum at Sheffield Park is a Tyer's Train Describer from, I should think, Swaythling box relating to Down trains. I think everything that...
As 444 was built in 1911 the 1911 Appendix is the one to go for. (I have a photocopy courtesy of the Signalling Record Society.) No. 25, discs at...
I struggle with the notion that any Ground Frame, on a running line and released by, or with the permission, of the signallers of the railway...
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