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Jamessquared liked torgormaig's post in the thread National Railway Museum.
And in other NRM news the 1845 built LNWR 2-2-2 "Columbine" returned to York yesterday and is temporally displayed on the turntable. A former resident of the old York Museum it has spent much of the last century in the city. In the 1990s it was...
Jun 19, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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buzby2 liked Oswald T Wistle's post in the thread WCR Rail Tours.
Oswald hasn't had too much luck with recent steam opportunities. Last Thursday domestic arrangements were such that a trip out would have been very difficult and the foul weather convinced me to stay at home. On Saturday I was all geared up for...
Jun 19, 2026 at 10:28 PM -
clinker liked paul1609's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
i remember driving the PW Manager to Dixter Halt just before the project started to re-open to Bodiam. The railway was the thicket at the end of the track from Dixter Farm. There were trees with a girth exceeding 12 inches in the four foot and...
Jun 19, 2026 at 9:52 PM -
torgormaig replied to the thread National Railway Museum.
I never thought of that, but are there any other stoker fitted locos preserved here in the UK? There are some large ex-SAR locos (the GL Garratt in Manchester, the 19F in Glasgow, the GMAM in ? Quainton Road and maybe others) which may have been...
Jun 19, 2026 at 9:46 PM -
lynbarn liked Old Kent Biker's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
The new relationship between the two trusts is very much still being developed, so I'm not sure how you can really understand yet how it might work, but regardless, as I've said before, no part of the project can buy anything unless and until the...
Jun 19, 2026 at 9:45 PM -
lynbarn liked Vulcan Works's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
There are many potential different grants and awarding bodies for different aspects of heritage, the environment, economic regeneration, education and so on but hardly any will award a grant to purchase land. It might be possible to apply for...
Jun 19, 2026 at 9:45 PM -
Romsey liked Jamessquared's post in the thread National Railway Museum.
That first photo might have caused some head scratching as a "where" photo in the UK part of the picture puzzle thread! Tom
Jun 19, 2026 at 9:40 PM
