At our local line we've countered complaints by using recycled collected water for steam engine use. Suitably filtered and treated, softened as...
This truly is a 'how long is a piece of string?' question. Say you cut your trackbed in half: one side has a cycle way/ footpath and the other...
Every single R&HDR steam loco?
and then there's this: Clayton Equipment to supply sustainable locomotive to Norfolk Heritage Railway – Clayton Equipment
The Bure Valley Railway is conducting two consecutive days' test running using ecoal with a double-length train (20 vehicles). Previous test...
Preferably both smoke and slip. And make sure there's plenty of loose steam around. I recently drove for some background shots to what TV types...
One other remarkably well-staffed footplate must have been 'Winston Churchill's funeral train', judging by the number of claimants to have fired it.
There's a definite trend in several of the above posts, to the effect that cutting numbers of paid staff will help many a heritage railway. So it...
Can't fault Rumpole's post here. Some of the previous opinions have raised legitimate concerns about practicalities when it comes to applying...
Not sure about this lot; I think they're all too big. Wages bill alone for a large line like SVR would likely be £2million+ pa. Current turnover...
The US model may well be viable in one version of the future UK heritage railway world. But it's unlikely to be workable until most other lines -...
With certain of my boisterous school friends, I used to enjoy riding in those compartments which were always curiously empty of ladies. We never...
To be honest, every time, double checking - no. I suspect like many (most?) drivers when there's a lot happening to distract on the footplate, I...
What I've personally taken from the video and subsequent discussions here and elsewhere: There but for the grace of god... I'll be double...
The fire has indeed been pretty catastrophic. The building is gutted; roof and upstairs having fallen into the workshop ground floor. The fire...
While joining in the celebration for the NYMR's good fortune, I'm going to stick my head over the parapet: I sometimes worry about the...
Ah. I may not understand the figures but now I get the principle. Thanks Steve. On my narrow-gauge footplate, the effects of running bunker...
Suspect HMRI would have some serious reservations. Certainly a non-starter on any railway with a tunnel. Roger
I visited the TR last year, for the first time, and was bowled over by its charm. The First, and still amongst the Best. But.. I did a bit get...
Discussion about the website seems to be moving in the direction of advocating e-ticketing. Do many heritage railways yet do this? I can see the...
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