I have heard that the current WCR application for a CDL exemption in respect of the Jacobite trains is based on operating the service at a 25 MPH...
According to the documentation available for download from their website, the ORR state that they require three months notice to process an...
7812's tender is having some spring hanger brackets replaced.
The ownership shares in the locomotive were not all of equal monetary value, so it is possible that one family may hold the largest single share...
The locomotive was purchased by a group of eighteen SVR volunteers in 1968. Of these eighteen original part-owners, I believe nine are still...
BR classified the Manors as 5MT. Their tractive effort was 27,340 lbf. Andy
Did Andrews write his paper based on examination and measurements of the original dynamometer roll, or did he use photographic images provided by...
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46521 did in fact carry the BR lined green livery in BR service. There were still remains of that livery present when it came out of Barry...
A photo of DHP1 can be viewed here: http://www.railphotoarchive.org/PhotoViewerV5.php?img=0146020007000
The website is up and running now (09:30 hrs)
The SVR's marketing information, both on-line and in print, contains mainly images that feature steam locomotives. Non-enthusiast visitors thus...
And tickets for the Santa Trains are on sale from tomorrow...!!!
Hypothetical "Dear fellow Board Members, We either need to reduce our overhead and staffing costs to a level that is commensurate with our...
2857 has never to my knowledge produced any tendency to 'rock the carriages', and has seen consistent use on dining trains over the years. The...
And yet it is interesting that some of our more commercially successful heritage railways manage without having to resort to 'Disneyfication'. The...
In my opinion, heritage railways should be more akin to Beamish Living Museum than Alton Towers. Both seem to attract large numbers of visitors,...
For comparison, in BR days a 57xx pannier tank was allowed to take up to 310 tons between Hartlebury and Shrewsbury as shown in this excerpt from...
The train weight restrictions that you mention were primarily put in place to reduce excessive mechanical wear on the smaller locomotives rather...
I never failed to be impressed by what "Antwerp' was capable of. It saw some pretty extensive use in the late 1970's to early 198o's when...
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