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Johnme101 liked Flying Phil's post in the thread 34039 Boscastle WC class.
Boscastle's inner valve gear billets are getting smaller! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] (Pictures courtesy of Daniela Works)
Aug 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Johnme101 liked Flying Phil's post in the thread The Dinting Railway Centre.
Mention has been made of Brake van rides at Dinting. In fact some of the rolling stock did go to the GCR including this NE brake van. It is now undergoing its second major overhaul at Rothley.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Aug 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Flying Phil attached a file to the thread The Dinting Railway Centre.
Mention has been made of Brake van rides at Dinting. In fact some of the rolling stock did go to the GCR including this NE brake van. It is now undergoing its second major overhaul at Rothley.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Aug 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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H Cloutt replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
A further blog update here - I expect that track laying will commence here shortly
Aug 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM -
35B replied to the thread Oil Firing.
That question presumes that the ability to make virgin steel is necessary and desirable. Given the moves towards electric arc furnaces, the assumption is at minimum open to challenge
Aug 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM -
35B liked Nigel Day's post in the thread Oil Firing.
I disagree. I have worked on steam across the world. I’ve seen the universal decline in coal quality, suppliers, the movement against’dirty’ fuels and now the high price of such lower quality fuel. Again and again I see the belief that somehow...
Aug 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM -
35B liked Dag Bonnedal's post in the thread Oil Firing.
As many of the participants in this discussion has pointed out, oil firing does not have a strong tradition in the UK, still it is viewed by many as the eventual way forward. What often is lost in the debate is the actual role of coal firing in...
Aug 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM -
Paul42 liked Flying Phil's post in the thread 34039 Boscastle WC class.
The shareholders of Boscastle Locomotive Ltd received excellent news recently that there has been a full and final settlement of the insurance claim following the theft of parts three years ago. It is said that this will cover about 90% of the...
Aug 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM -
sitimela43 liked mgp's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Tom I also called at Woody Bay for a lunchtime pasty and a train ride on my way home from holiday yesterday - I was on the 1.30 train. Thanks for your feedback, be it complimentary or constructive criticism. Did you see the glass display...
Aug 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
