Slightly off topic I have experienced management who hold volunteers in contempt especially if they want their steam railway to maintain its...
I much prefer Welsh Steam Coal, the only hard coal I have experienced that came anywhere near to it was a season of Russian hard Coal, it had the...
I miss understood, I was under the impression that the standard tank was a Barry engine.
I don’t quite understand why overhauling a Barry Locomotive is cheaper than doing an overhaul on a complete Locomotive, I know the boiler is...
It was pointed out years ago, I wouldn’t expect attitudes to be any different now.
Extend the loop to the broadway side, down trains run one side up trains run on the other side, thus minimising any stress caused, you also gain...
Fortunately we are not experiencing the consequences of past recessions when it was normal to have to have a thousand applications for every job...
I really wonder how we are allowed we get out bed these days “it’s to dangerous” to even get up to go to the bathroom!
The impression given buy those groups is they are new builds when they are not. New build is just that a completely new locomotive, not destroying...
Also poor crewing can have a huge impact a poor Driver and Fireman shows up very easily not just on coal consumption, they can add adverse wear...
If working members don’t know, the council monitors the railway for emissions, air, ground and water.
Makes sense to me, makes maintenance, overhauls and crewing a lot easier. I have Foreign friend who on seeing British preserved steam railways...
I was referring to the GWSR, diesel politics abound and doesn’t need to be exploded more than it already is. The MNR has been set up as a diesel...
Please we don’t need to go down that road again, most members have joined contributed made the railway work to see a steam railway the continual...
The problem with the old gala timetable was late running, allowing dwell times at crossing points minimises any late running caused buy various...
When a small prairie or pannier tank engine uses the same amount of coal to operate all day, compared to using the same amount of coal just to...
I would have thought future coal availability would be more of a concern, having coal a munchers running would be a bigger concern.
I was also taking into consideration everything that has happened with Wsra and the the concern that the policy was to shut every supporting...
I may be wrong but this isn’t the first time this has happened, I think they have been given or threatened with notice before. As I see it they...
We have been given masks to see our gp that contain copper as that is the only material that works against this virus, that is the only way we are...
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