Failed is a strong word. I would more say that it had a minor low power issue so the decision was taken to send for the 37 to pilot it back as...
It’s the opposite. Clun was fitted with new tyres at its last overhaul. Earl of Mount Edgcumbe has a new set of tyres waiting to be fitted as the...
There is no need for any control over the regulator. I was involved directly with testing on the Cambrian with 44871 when we were looking into a...
I believe Andrew Briddon has a number of surplus 08 buffers. You can contact him via his website or PM me and I'll pass your number on to him....
Wouldn't get very far. Network Rail is only obliged to pay for vehicles operating around the time of the network change coming about. Therefore...
Perhaps beacause all this would cost money and in the current days of financial hardships may not guarantee a lot of income. Therefore actually...
In fact 9466 was on one such run out of tys with 9600 that ran onto the SVR.
I'm sure the guys at vintage trains are doing the best they can given the situation. Unfortunately with Network Rail leaving it until 4 days...
Ben, If you look at page 23 of the GB V thread it appears our friend was managing to share his wisdom with some old guy at TVP, presumably...
A local air brake only DB Schenker operated class 67 would b of absolutely no use to a vacuum braked West Coast operation so I don't understand...
If the train is running in vacuum which it will be as the vt rake contains vac only mk2s there is no through air connection to provide air to the...
A steam train dragging a diesel is still a steam train. The train locomotive is steam powered and the diesel on the back is doing nothing but...
In light of recent events it is good to see some teenagers wanting to do something constructive. As somebody who started working on steam at the...
So if someone sent an email to your inbox saying the moon was made of cheese and you had no other source of information. Would believe that and...
What about 5043. Castles were regularly worked to these sort of speeds and judging by performances to date she would have no problem topping 100.
Positively smashing ride through Wigan I thought Ben.
I believe they are purely there for support to help maintain the parallelism between the two slide bars at the far end of the piston stroke....
Portable units are still perfectly acceptable.
I believe that some of these tests are carried out to gauge the running noise of new vehicles to ensure they comply with standards. As such...
I bet most people wish they had have stayed rather than wasting 90mins of their lives watching that poor performance.
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