Not quite ! I was criticising those who protest about paying for access whilst I am happy to have my access by the lineside and taking pleasure...
But the important factor that is often omitted is what influence did his early employment as an LNWR Premium Apprentice then L&YR Carriage & Wagon...
Just because an object is considered a "national treasure" doesn't mean that there should be free / unlimited access to it; this discussion...
Given the rare opportunity of the "viewing area" at Ramsbottom I elected to stay around there getting combinations of locos with the following...
IIRC the LNER Board was impressed but Gresley felt steam traction still had much to offer with the bonus that train lengths could be adjusted to...
But not until next year; its claim to fame is that it was the first Gresley Pacific released from Doncaster Works to the nascent LNER hence...
450 / 95 = Elstree 60 / 95 = Crewe North shed [duplicates 61/95 65 / 95 = St Pancras / Cambridge St 66 / 95 = Camden 68 /95 Elstree ? 93 / 95...
4 / 35 = PRINCES St Gardens 7/35 = Princes St Gardens approaching Haymarket Tunnel 15 / 35 = Princes St Gardens 16 / 35 = Portobello Junction...
Surely this was proved with the Thomson book where many theories were debunked and several avenues of research were revealed. Whilst only minor my...
Presumably because FS is smokebox first when leaving ELR / entering Castleton hence tender first between Castleton and Preston after reversal...
14/60 = entering Birmingham New St Platform 6 27 / 60 = Taunton ? 35 / 60 = Birmingham New St 48 / 60 = descending Shap
I believe that both North British and Armstrong Whitworth built diesel locos for export in the 1930s which the LNER trialled / provided running...
That presumes a question of what is meant by "standardisation". Is it the Bulleid approach with his BB / WC class undertaking the range of duties...
Is it fair to ask if Gresley was the LNER's version of Churchward in that he began a locomotive policy which his successors built on rather than...
27/64 = Princes St Gardens 36 / 64 = Dundee Tay Bridge shed 43/64 = Nottingham Victoria ?
IIRC the County was designed by Hawksworth as an intermediate stage to designing a Pacific to replace the Kings which were then approaching 20...
Howzabout the sight of it blasting past Hay Bridge during its SVR sojourn for the diesel gala ? [ATTACH]
40 / 47 = Newcastle [Note the 3rd rail and castle in the background
In fairness a weather check at the beginning of the week advised rain and chilly winds hence my wife wondering about it being worth the effort to...
11 / 70 = climbing Shap 64 / 70 [duplicates 69 / 70 ] 5636 Uganda with the down 'Waverley' on Melton troughs 8th September 1959
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