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Holbeach Totem

The Saffron Walden was the most expensive in the sale by quite a margin, the next highest being Llanymynech (£3100) and Nethy Bridge (£3000). At...

Сообщение от: flaman, 21 янв 2017 в разделе: Railwayana
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Holbeach Totem

Railwayana prices at auction, particularly totems, are very variable, but the market is still strong for good quality items and rarities. At the...

Сообщение от: flaman, 18 янв 2017 в разделе: Railwayana
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Vanishing Carriages

I'm afraid that I can't help much! The occupier of the property had failed to get planning permission to keep it there, in fact I believe that the...

Сообщение от: flaman, 16 янв 2017 в разделе: Heritage Rolling Stock
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Red Star parcels

It's another downside of the "modern" railway. Before privatisation you could contact the local BR manager and, if the item was redundant, he...

Сообщение от: flaman, 7 янв 2017 в разделе: Everything Else Heritage
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Red Star parcels

Someone had better get a ladder out, it's the railwayana of the future;). As a friend in the railwayana world often says, "It's still out there!"

Сообщение от: flaman, 7 янв 2017 в разделе: Everything Else Heritage
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Red Star parcels

One of the more modern items of railwayana at Mangapps Railway Museum. Formerly at Clapham Junction Station.

Сообщение от: flaman, 7 янв 2017 в разделе: Everything Else Heritage
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In service 2017

80078 was hoped to be finished by Christmas, but it didn't quite happen:(. However, when I visited it's owner's workshop last Monday the final...

Сообщение от: flaman, 6 янв 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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Red Star parcels

Probably. The last cattle traffic on BR was about 1974/75, Irish stores being transported from west coast ports to be fattened on summer grazing....

Сообщение от: flaman, 6 янв 2017 в разделе: Everything Else Heritage
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Red Star parcels

Carrying racing pigeons was once big business for the railways. As @gwilialan says, individual pigeon fanciers dispatched their birds by rail on...

Сообщение от: flaman, 5 янв 2017 в разделе: Everything Else Heritage
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Rolling Stock Movements

While posting on this thread, I should mention that we at Mangapps have recently disposed of some surplus vans, all of which have found a new home...

Сообщение от: flaman, 4 янв 2017 в разделе: Heritage Rolling Stock
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Rolling Stock Movements

Underground '59 stock driving motor car #1030 emerged from one of the Mangapps museum buildings this morning and left for Leavesden Studios,...

Сообщение от: flaman, 4 янв 2017 в разделе: Heritage Rolling Stock
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Minimum radius of curves - standard gauge

The condition of the loco also makes a difference; an engine that has run a few thousand miles will get round a much tighter radius curve than one...

Сообщение от: flaman, 3 янв 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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Attention Gresley Restorers.

From an RFO, located in Essex.

Сообщение от: flaman, 1 янв 2017 в разделе: Heritage Rolling Stock
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Attention Gresley Restorers.

During a recent tidy-up, we found a quantity (a large pallet-load) of timber from a dismantled Gresley coach, including pieces of internal...

Автор темы: flaman, 1 янв 2017, ответов - 7, в разделе: Heritage Rolling Stock
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Where does the best (and worst) coal come from?

I'm told that this is exactly what has recently happened in Scotland. The power stations have closed and without their demand for fine coal, coal...

Сообщение от: flaman, 27 дек 2016 в разделе: Steam Traction
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Where does the best (and worst) coal come from?

First bar of Handel's "Dead March" from "Saul" (or so I was told!)

Сообщение от: flaman, 26 дек 2016 в разделе: Steam Traction
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Where does the best (and worst) coal come from?

As a railway manager, it's one of my pet hates. Along with leaving electric lights and heaters switched on unnecessarily and for the same reason!:mad:

Сообщение от: flaman, 26 дек 2016 в разделе: Steam Traction
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Where does the best (and worst) coal come from?

When we started, nearly 30 years ago, we used Welsh steam coal, it was clean burning, but had a high shale content and was relatively expensive....

Сообщение от: flaman, 26 дек 2016 в разделе: Steam Traction
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Canadian Pacific Summer 2016

Now that's a real railway:)!

Сообщение от: flaman, 23 ноя 2016 в разделе: Photography
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Steam whistle

No, you havn't confused me! I was talking about the bit that the hexagon screws on to. The fact that this is marked YM3, as is the equivalent part...

Сообщение от: flaman, 16 ноя 2016 в разделе: Railwayana

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