Drifting slightly O/T here, but there have been similar losses in the railway preservation world, such as the trailer coach of the Bulleid 4DD...
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Great news for me, I missed seeing it earlier this year! Sent from my SM-A125F using Tapatalk
Nowt wrong wi' 8Fs, but I think we have enough of them in preservation. Remember the two that were repatriated from Turkey a few years ago? One of...
To be fair, you can still observe similar 'flexing' in the Snaefell tramcars...! Sent from my SM-A125F using Tapatalk
Admittedly, I'm not sure the boiler would have been much use to anyone if it had stayed on 48518. In all probability the engine would still be...
AIUI the plan at one point was to use the chassis from 4472's second tender. However, ultimately the A1SLT decided to build new and the existing...
Which, dare I say it, is how I feel about a 4700 with a Castle boiler, or a Hawksworth County with a butchered 8F boiler that can't even operate...
Mk. I's are old, though. All the SMR coaches--even on the so-called 'heritage' steam services--have had new bodies within the last twenty years or...
That, sadly, is the problem with most new build projects: they're not raising money at anything like the rate they need to. This was very starkly...
Sorry to hear about that experience, but my own experience suggests that it is the exception rather than the rule. When I was there the horses...
Stunning! And it's even been painted in the 'right' livery... :D
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Pictures have appeared on Facebook showing Gothenburg (MSC 32) repainted in grey for this event. Does anyone know whether she will keep this...
Sadly, AIUI there are a lot of people on the island who would love to see the horse tramway closed precisely because it causes traffic congestion...
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