A very mundane matter for @Jonnie if you have a moment. Is the coffee and snacks kiosk going to be open again at Groombridge station this coming...
Checking the very useful Swanage station webcam this morning I saw a diesel on the front of a not in steam 31806. And later both were gone....
An interesting comment within an altogether very interesting post, about the tendency to burn out a strip right across the box on 32424. It so...
Many thanks Tom. I'm planning to take things easy this weekend as, it all goes to plan, there is a lot of activity due at the Spa Valley Railway...
Very nicely done. As the very old Knight said to Indiana Jones when he chose the correct Holy Grail " You have chosen . . . . .wisely" re that...
Peter, thankfully that word you used 'pedantic' has too many syllables for me to fully grasp the meaning of your post. I am just a simple,...
Great news, many thanks. And as mentioned above, 31806/31803 is due on Tuesday. Is 80078 on the way yet Jonnie? Bryan
Well Jonnie, I don't think U class 31806 will appear as N class 31852 (see below - April 1962), but provided it has a U number it will still be a...
Yes indeed John. I did get a bit emotional watching it drift down to Bromley South yesterday. I had already given full chapter and verse to a poor...
Dave, that is my undertanding of how DB Cargo and their crews, Belmond and the MNLPS prefer to work, even though that train is very heavy, being...
What I posted is a screen grab from the top part of an A4 page in my book that I am drafting on Word. I used the snipping tool to get the screen...
An unusual presentation from me that incorporates my photo of 35028 on the up Golden Arrow today. That photo on its own is of no consequence....
Thank you for the lovely sequences of a MN on the Arrow. On a day when modern cameras cope so well in poor weather when there is no worry about...
From the MNLPS Face Book page, all set to go tomorrow. And as the Golden Arrow - it will be 64 years since the last steam GA on 11 June 1961...
Re 'Be interested to see what the solution will be here' with the Plaform 1 track not looking to line up with the incoming track. A very slight...
Not good. Fingers crossed Swanage can get 34028 or 34070 or 34072 operating again soon, obviously for their own benefit and as 31806 is due to...
Standing was the order of the day back in SR steam days; much easier to get a fairly detailed footplate log! Bryan
Thanks Paul. The Bluebell's own page on the loco seems to suggest they may have moved on from that after 80151 arrived, to it becoming a...
Reading that Tom makes me wonder about 80100. Such a shame to see that loco slowly rotting away at Horsted Keynes. They were, and for those still...
Oh dear. I do hope that 31065 didn't demand the day off today because I posted a reminder of how it looked back in June 1961. :( And Tom, the...
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