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Swanage Railway General Discussion

Rasprava u 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' pokrenuta od Rumpole, 10. Listopad 2012..

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  1. The Gricing Owl

    The Gricing Owl Well-Known Member

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    Aaah, so nice to read your comment re BR Black.

    I used to say such things here but, quoting Basil Fawlty almost word for word. "That avenue of pleasure has been closed down. The great warning off of January 2025".:)

    ;)

    Bryan
     
    The Gricing Owl, 24. Ožujak 2025.
    #11421
    bristolian se sviđa ovo.
  2. Rumpole

    Rumpole Part of the furniture

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    I'm reminded of a quote citing a particularly famous insult to the LNWR's blackberry black livery...
     
    Rumpole, 24. Ožujak 2025.
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  3. Gladiator 5076

    Gladiator 5076 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Pure fluke, whilst keeping my eye on over £250 in cash in a carrier bag I had to put on the floor to take it.
     
    Gladiator 5076, 24. Ožujak 2025.
    #11423
    green five, The Gricing Owl i lancahsirelad se sviđa ovo.
  4. The Gricing Owl

    The Gricing Owl Well-Known Member

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    A nice sum of money for the charity she kindly volunteers for. Is that a local or wider ranging charity?

    Bryan.
     
    The Gricing Owl, 25. Ožujak 2025.
    #11424
  5. Gladiator 5076

    Gladiator 5076 Resident of Nat Pres

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    It is towards the fundraising for a new Village Hall at Herston. Comes from various events back end of last year and was basically all coin and hence has been in "we must count all this cash" pile for a while.
     
    Gladiator 5076, 25. Ožujak 2025.
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    The Gricing Owl se sviđa ovo.
  6. johnofwessex

    johnofwessex Resident of Nat Pres

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    I hope you were allowed expenses for getting your back fixed afterwards!
     
    johnofwessex, 26. Ožujak 2025.
    #11426
    CH 19 and Sunnieboy like this.
  7. WesternRegionHampshireman

    WesternRegionHampshireman Well-Known Member

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    Hooray! It fits!
     
    WesternRegionHampshireman, 26. Ožujak 2025.
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  8. Gladiator 5076

    Gladiator 5076 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Lovely weather last evening. Today the sea fret rolled in, I felt it gave a nice moody atmosphere. DSC_0218r.jpg DSC_0223r.jpg DSC_0225r.jpg DSC_0226r.jpg
     
    Gladiator 5076, 26. Ožujak 2025.
    #11428
    Dan Hill, silversteellady, Johnme101 i 8 ostalih se sviđa ovo.
  9. Andy Moody

    Andy Moody Member

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    Nice set of pictures and welcome home 34072!
     
    Last edited: 27. Ožujak 2025.
    Andy Moody, 26. Ožujak 2025.
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  10. Copper-capped

    Copper-capped Part of the furniture

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    Copper-capped, 27. Ožujak 2025.
    #11430
    silversteellady se sviđa ovo.
  11. bluetrain

    bluetrain Well-Known Member

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    Which of the Australian locos had brass tops?
     
    bluetrain, 27. Ožujak 2025.
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  12. Copper-capped

    Copper-capped Part of the furniture

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    An interesting question! Quite possibly none of my locals.

    The one on the right….maybe?!:D

    IMG_1031.jpeg
     
    Copper-capped, 27. Ožujak 2025.
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    bluetrain se sviđa ovo.
  13. Daddsie71b

    Daddsie71b Member Friend

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    Well it is Rail 200 this year, so might as well have a loco design from that time........
     
    Daddsie71b, 27. Ožujak 2025.
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    Steve and Copper-capped like this.
  14. buzby2

    buzby2 Well-Known Member

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    Out of an abundance of caution, I understand it has since been decided that 4953 will haul Swanage - Norden trains using Corfe's Down line.
    To avoid any risk of 'loco sway', perhaps, the use of the Up platform might have needed a very severe speed restriction which could have impacted the timetable adversely.
    It seems to fit perfectly well elsewhere, with room to spare, which is amazing. Like many others, I had been led to believe that very few outside cylindered GWR engines would fit anywhere along the branch.
     
    buzby2, 27. Ožujak 2025.
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  15. bluetrain

    bluetrain Well-Known Member

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    Not many GWR features evident in that group! No taper boilers or domeless boilers, never mind brass-work. Nice photo though.

    You don't often see visible GWR design influences in the locos of the British Empire/Commonwealth. Although a large proportion were designed and built by Britain's private locomotive builders, those builders were mostly in Scotland and the North of England, well away from Swindon. Whereas a "Scottish look" was quite common overseas.

    I note that Queensland Railways favoured boiler-top sandboxes, which were unusual in British practice. But they were used in some of William Adams' designs, such as the first of his GER 2-6-0s. But he had dropped this feature before he moved to the LSWR and built engines such as the T3 now running on the Swanage Railway.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/124446949@N06/36860316142
     
    bluetrain, 27. Ožujak 2025.
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    Copper-capped se sviđa ovo.
  16. Copper-capped

    Copper-capped Part of the furniture

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    A quick summary of QR steam motive power practice would be; early - British, late - American. Some home grown and some imported.

    ( sorry everybody - I don’t think we could get much further from Swanage ;))
     
    Copper-capped, 27. Ožujak 2025.
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  17. Daddsie71b

    Daddsie71b Member Friend

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    From what I understand, the track is gauged from the base of the platform wall. This platform is 140 odd years old and the top is a few inches leaning out hence why the caution. Well done SR for their caution
     
    Daddsie71b, 28. Ožujak 2025.
    #11437
    free2grice se sviđa ovo.
  18. pmilford

    pmilford New Member

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    Well, here she is. 4953 departing Norden on Saturday.

    4953_Norden2.jpg
     
    pmilford, 31. Ožujak 2025.
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    Bluenosejohn, silversteellady, Johnme101 i 2 ostalih se sviđa ovo.
  19. Andy Moody

    Andy Moody Member

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    41313 1600 Norden Swanage Castle view crossing Tuesday 1st April 2025 DSC_9942.JPG
     
    Andy Moody, 2. Travanj 2025.
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    ax1709cjm, Bluenosejohn, Spitfire i 8 ostalih se sviđa ovo.
  20. Cuckoo Line

    Cuckoo Line Member

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    No pictures of the finished carraige shed yet ?

    Sent from my SM-A556B using Tapatalk
     
    Cuckoo Line, 2. Travanj 2025.
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