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  1. Rander replied to the thread RTC 2026.

    Technically 4 - 6310, 6312, 17105, 35469, but the latter hasn't been used since it arrived from Riviera.

    Jun 25, 2026 at 11:18 AM
  2. neildimmer attached a file to the thread Help needed with locations : New Photos : Steam Locomotives of the GWR & B.R. Western Region.

    I have added the final collection of Coillett's Castle class locos, this collection features 7028-7037 Built 1950 Included are these 3 photos of the final built loco 7037 Swindon in ex works condition [ATTACH] 7037 Swindon in normal uncleaned...

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  3. 35B replied to the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.

    “Double engine” = Fairlie?

    Jun 25, 2026 at 11:17 AM
  4. acorb liked meeee's post in the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.

    It's complicated so bear with me. The Mountain Spirit is always a double engine. The Quarryman is always a single engine usually Linda but Taliesin and Lyd feature occasionally. On days when the Mountain Spirit does two trips the Woodland...

    Jun 25, 2026 at 11:13 AM
  5. SECR 65 liked meeee's post in the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.

    It's complicated so bear with me. The Mountain Spirit is always a double engine. The Quarryman is always a single engine usually Linda but Taliesin and Lyd feature occasionally. On days when the Mountain Spirit does two trips the Woodland...

    Jun 25, 2026 at 11:13 AM
  6. meeee replied to the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.

    Duplicate post

    Jun 25, 2026 at 11:11 AM
  7. meeee replied to the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.

    I forgot to mention the Boston Lodge tour shuttle which uses either the Woodland Wanderer loco or another small loco typically Moelwyn but occasionally Palmerston, Welsh Pony, Prince.

    Jun 25, 2026 at 11:07 AM
  8. odc replied to the thread Leighton Buzzard Railway News.

    Further to 5944 replying that the Beerfest is in July, this Sunday we have a vintage vehicle rally

    Jun 25, 2026 at 11:07 AM
  9. 35B liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    The 'problem' - if there really is one - with any current PE extension proposal is that quite clearly it will be a terminus rather than a through station (halt) for such time until the L&BR can acquire the 'missing' sections of trackbed in order...

    Jun 25, 2026 at 11:05 AM
  10. 35B liked Old Kent Biker's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Do bear in mind that PP was GRANTED in 2018 (see the archive, at https://www.lynton-rail.org.uk/story/planning-application-news for more details) to reinstate the line from Killington Lane to Parracombe as part of the project to continue to...

    Jun 25, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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