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  1. Nick C нравится сообщение Hampshire Unit в теме Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    Woking Whistler out on Wednesday evening [img]"Woking Whistler" at Northside Lane by Stephen Morley, on Flickr

    13 июн 2025 в 11:42
  2. Nick C нравится сообщение Stinch в теме Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    Going to be warm today. :)

    11 июн 2025 в 13:07
  3. Nick C нравится сообщение iowcr3429 в теме Isle of Wight Steam Railway Carriage and Wagon updates.

    It could well be that the storage site is full at the moment. There are a number of wagons I would like to get onto the restoration queue but at the moment there is the tram and 2 coaches to finish off to free up the space in the carriage works....

    10 июн 2025 в 14:07
  4. Nick C нравится сообщение Mark Thompson в теме Isle of Wight Steam Railway.

    The Ryde Pier tram and trailer takes its first trip to Smallbrook: [ATTACH] https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1208297744424722&set=a.760159079238593

    Screenshot_20250609-203029_Samsung Internet.jpg 10 июн 2025 в 08:46
  5. Nick C нравится сообщение Jamessquared в теме Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    Relative to the boiler - so the back is closest to the door. (But when they first get on an engine, it seems everyone gets it wrong - so first time you say to a green cleaner “put some in the back” it goes wanging down at high speed to exactly...

    9 июн 2025 в 09:49
  6. Nick C ответил(а) в теме Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    Probably a silly question - when a fireman refers to the 'back' and 'front' of a firebox, is that relative to your viewpoint (so 'back' is furthest from the door) or to the boiler (so 'back' is closest to the door)?

    9 июн 2025 в 08:46
  7. Nick C нравится сообщение Jamessquared в теме Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    I think I've had 8 days on it, totalling 306 miles which I think all but 22 I've fired. I've not driven it yet! One of those was the half trip to Horsted for familiarisation, so really seven full days. As @andrewtoplis says, it's not really...

    9 июн 2025 в 08:43
  8. Nick C нравится сообщение dan.lank в теме Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    I’ve had a couple of third man turns on it now, and my all round experience of footplate work isn’t enough to compare it to other locos - but I concur with Tom’s comment about the cab! There’s basically nowhere to stand - if you’re behind the...

    9 июн 2025 в 08:43