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  1. Nick C vond Hampshire Unit's post leuk in het topic Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

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

    13 jun 2025 om 11:42

  2. Nick C vond Stinch's post leuk in het topic Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    Going to be warm today. :)

    11 jun 2025 om 13:07

  3. Nick C vond iowcr3429's post leuk in het topic 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 jun 2025 om 14:07

  4. Nick C vond Mark Thompson's post leuk in het topic 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 jun 2025 om 08:46

  5. Nick C vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic 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 jun 2025 om 09:49

  6. Nick C reageerde op het topic 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 jun 2025 om 08:46

  7. Nick C vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic 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 jun 2025 om 08:43

  8. Nick C vond dan.lank's post leuk in het topic 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 jun 2025 om 08:43
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