Duel brakes? Is that to showcase the fight between the steam loco on the front and the diesel on the back, as to which of them is really...
While not answering the original question, another part of the background to this is the thinking around at the time of the BR Modernisation Plan....
Having a story to tell ... fine, but that makes these units primarily suitable as an exhibit at the NRM; or any other large museums that try to...
Wow! Yes! A prime mover that uses totally green (in every sense) renewable fuel; and can even replicate itself every year or two, without any...
Yes, an interesting argument. On the modern stuff being too complicated, one difference between 20th century preservation and (say) mid 21st...
Hard to disagree with most of what you say! But maybe you are just a little too harsh in calling Leader Bulleid's "whim"? There was a perfectly...
I wonder if the lists offered so far are taking too narrow a view of what is "noteworthy" and a "UK steam design". Arguably the Garratt...
Interesting thread. I am very lucky, my wife likes trains and shares some trips, though she's not into the steam railway technical detail. Take...
Some useful debate here about the desirability to our public of offering modern traction on preserved lines. But leaving that on one side,...
Yes absolutely, the drawings are kept bang up to date at the NRM of Mordor.
While this thread is interesting, maybe most of us are not thinking sufficiently far outside the box. So how about one of these? Could attract a...
Not an easy one. Some of the IoW economy is tourist-based and a significant number of visitors come because they like the special (and a little...
Fair point, but - that was then. We are led to believe that ownership of electric cars will soon go mainstream; and maybe once that happens,...
Good points. Still a bit difficult to see how this would work in practice. The present model is that fuel retailers provide just a few filling...
Interesting discussion. If the use of pure (as opposed to hybrid) electric vehicles becomes common, catering for them could become quite an issue...
A bit of video from Horsley, yesterday morning. Had a last-minute scramble to get any view but the sound was magnificent. [MEDIA]
I think Tom's point was more about the potential of a dummy third rail to create complacency in the general public - kids trespassing, etc -...
Entirely agree. Can't wait to see Beachy Head working. An attractive design: a "missing link"; truly appropriate in terms of...
Regarding the suggestions above that British railway engineering innovations .." in the main, ended at about 1900. Churchward looked to France and...
I tend to agree. Used to rather despise Mk 1s, and still on the whole prefer well restored pre-BR vehicles (as seen on the Bluebell, IOWSR and...
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