Thanks for that - makes more sense. Tom
I’d disagree that “it needs to be maintained”. “Preserved” as a record, but not maintained (in the sense of being constantly updated). It’s...
I suspect you are both adding 2+2 and making 5. It doesn’t say the design study is being discarded, it says a web page is no longer being...
I suspect, as @huochemi says, "The Locomotive" is being uncritical (don't bite the hand that feeds) but it is in any case worth noting that there...
When I lived in LA in the 1990s, the somewhat fatalistic comment about air quality and the desire for cleaner air was “why would you want to...
I think the answer is they would have been forged (made by hammering) rather than machining. There's a tendency these days to produce components...
I’ll Endeavour to find out … (Sorry, I’ll shut up again :) ) Tom
The Maunsell ones were "Ashfordised". Boiler pressure went up from 180 to 200psi (though I think in time they all standardised on 200psi);...
Glad. you got to have a good look round. Our plan succeeded <evil grin/> I think the plan had been to get 3687 (the Hastings Brake) out for...
Well, I"m glad we did one thing right then ... :rolleyes: :Morewaitingisrequired: Tom
There's an obvious follow up though, which is that if the railway therefore isn't financially viable, how many years have you got left? And at...
According to our internal info, for next weekend it is: A - Sir Archie B - Ivatt WR (Sat) / GA (Sun) - Beachy Head. (With yours truly shovel...
I take it from that comment, and others in this sub-thread, that therefore your view is: The railway is financially sustainable with existing...
I've often heard people make the point that a benefit of a DMU is the view out of the front window. What is rarely mentioned is that realistically...
The cab is less spacious than you think, particularly in depth. On a loco like 73082, the driver and fireman can take their normal position, and...
Interesting. 3" to the foot on 15" gauge track means running on the standard gauge equivalent of 5'0", or about 6% over gauge. 4" to the foot...
Railways have become commercial, but there has to be more to it than that. A genuinely commercial company only has to return value to its...
I don't think anyone is under any illusions about the financial challenges of running a heritage railway; and clearly there will always be a...
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Indeed - particularly as the cost includes a day rover (normal price £27) to use for the rest of the day if you so choose, so the marginal cost...
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