So we've now got a thumper, a hoover and a whistler. How about a growler to make the set? :-)
This is question for the boilersmiths! I'm displaying my ignorance here but when an engine completes its overhaul one of the jobs is to check and...
Apologies in advance as I am sure this will have been discussed at some point but I'm wondering why Bulleid's pacifics all had their boiler...
Apologies if this has been done before but just wondered why there was never a standard approach to the size, style or even presence of smoke...
I want to collect data on the historic usage of the rail network through the 20th century, specifically closed branches in the West country....
I am cataloguing and selling a large number of documents originating from the old SR and BR (SR) days. I have just unearthed the original Civil...
Can the engineers here explain to mortals like me why Bulleid pacifics even the Merchant Navies - were so prone to wheelslip especially when...
Just looking at the magnificent restoration of a Bulleid third brake coach by the Mid Hants Railway team here -...
Hello I have started working through a new batch of railway documents largely dating from the 1920s and 1930s. This batch largely cover Devon,...
Forgive my ignorance gents, but I was pondering about these implements. Am I right in thinking that the pressure in the glass tube is equal to...
I have just unearthed a huge plan of the Nine Elms Rail complex from 1950. The plan was produced by the old SR drawing Office and was probably for...
I have a very large collection of historic rail documents which I am in the process of cataloguing and listing on eBay. The collection is very...
I have opened this with a deliberately provocative title. Why is it that some people regularly read and contribute to this forum yet don't seem...
A chance for a quick roll-call around all restoration projects to see which engines will steam for the first time in preservation in 2014. We...
It is just over 40 years since closure of the Mid Hants railway under BR ownership If anyone is curious what has happened to that part of the Mid...
I want to obtain and collate annual historical railway usage statistics from the "big railway" for the 20th century and would appreciate some...
Noticed this in the esteemed organ that is the Hampshire Chronicle:-...
Was disappointed on my last visit to Ropley to see the row of holiday "lodges" (ie houses) being built just to the north of this lovely rural...
The modern A3 pushes right through what was once the hub of the LMR - Proceeding towards London after the Greatham/Bordon interchange it is still...
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