Was that name ever proposed? I understood that West Country locations were all in Dorset or west thereof, and in those days Bournemouth was in...
As usual Wikipedia can tell you most of what you need to know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carborundum These days the word is usually found...
SLL have announced a new Fine Art print offer featuring 34072 257 Squadron to replace their Sir Keith Park print offer....
Mmmm, the train I was on was hauled by a Merc not a Duff. Maybe I meant the last steam working of the Belle. I was in denial about diesels in...
The earliest timetable I have is for Winter 1957. Weekdays: Waterloo dep 12:30 Soton Central arr 1:58 / dep 2:01 Bournemouth Central arr...
I saw the Rotodyne at the Farnborough Airshow in 1959. Interesting video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9633v6U0wo It mentions the...
Back in the 1950's the Eagle comic (Dan Dare, etc) had a centre fold every week showing a "cut away" drawing of a car, plane, train, etc. One of...
Give us time, it's only January! Liverpool is known for a weird set of old tunnels built in the early 19th Century...
That's what I was trying to remember. Happy days!
Slighly off topic, but about 15 years ago I vaguely recall that a preserved 8F rescued a freight train in snow somewhere on the main line around...
It's got to be Tornado; not because of its performance, or the dedication of the team that built it, but because it's put main-line steam into the...
There are quite a few 4MT shots in this library http://southernlocomotivesltdphotogallery.fotopic.net/c1746496.html
Scroll down to the recent photo of Sidmouth's boiler, currently at Bridgnorth: http://www.southern-locomotives.co.uk/News/News.html Lots of...
Hi, I run the website for Thorncombe Railway Activities Club. http://sites.google.com/site/traclubsite/ Thorncombe is a very small village...
There are a couple of shots of D601 at Barry in this collection: http://nick301.photos.us.com/c1235266.html
My copy of the print is now framed and gracing the dining room wall. http://nick301.photos.us.com/p62269390.html
At risk of adding fuel to this long-burning fire, the evidence is that rebuilts were significantly more economical in use. To quote the 1958...
I am not sure where the weak points were, but in practice rebuilt light pacifics worked to Plymouth but not to the other SR destinations west of...
Wikipedia (that unimpeachable source of knowledge!) has it the other way round; according to this link Padstow had a 70 foot turntable whereas...
http://southernlocomotivesltdphotogallery.fotopic.net/p60566185.html Here's a shot of 34072 257 Squadron on a two coach train near Wadebridge...
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