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  1. alexl102 回复主题: Industrial Loco Updates.

    Can anyone help me decide if I'm imagining things?! I'm sure when Horden at Tanfield Railway was released into traffic after overhaul the other year, some fuss was made about it being in some way unique in preservation... but I cannot remember...

    2025-04-25 , 11:11
  2. alexl102 支持 MellishRNorth Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.

    Whereas, in my (desk, but technical) job, I never believed in putting in much more than the amount that I was paid for. For my last few years before retirement I negotiated to cut my official working hours to 95% of the normal amount, for 95% of...

    2025-04-23 , 16:06
  3. alexl102 支持 SheffNorth Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.

    Wouldn’t a much lower risk approach have been to run with a diesel inside the steam locomotive? This would have kept most of the general public satisfied as they could still take the family to admire the loco etc? Or do other factors prevent this?

    2025-04-22 , 16:25
  4. alexl102 支持 Matt78The Gwili Railway thread 内发表的帖子.

    yes will be green, although exact style will be revealed when the loco rolls out of the paint shop.

    2025-04-22 , 16:17
  5. alexl102 支持 Mark ThompsonRother Valley Railway 内发表的帖子.

    If this has been answered elsewhere, please forgive, but I don't recall reading anywhere about passing facilities on the rebuilt line, and there would seem to be a great imbalance, with 3 loops at the eastern end, but (apparently) nothing west of...

    2025-04-22 , 16:17
  6. alexl102 回复主题: Ecclesbourne Valley Railway.

    Looks significantly more comfortable than a Northern 150!

    2025-04-22 , 16:06