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burnham-t liked free2grice's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
A message from Ian Crowder on Facebook. <BJ> "As the railway's press officer, I have spoken to the Editor and the picture has been taken down. His argument was that it provided geographical context but appreciated that she fell from a road motor...
Jun 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM -
burnham-t liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Yes, as Harold's post and link above today the last (for the moment!) of the series posts showing the track laid to date at Rother Valley Railway....
Jun 10, 2026 at 6:59 PM -
sunstream liked Deepgreen's post in the thread RTC 2026.
When I read "dropped" I thought you meant 'abandoned'...
Jun 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM -
3ABescot liked 26D_M's post in the thread Northern Belle 2026.
WC bought the Northern Belle, which is an air braked train. Who knows what their strategy was given WC had and has only 1 air braked steam loco in its fleet, which at the time of acquisition was out of traffic awaiting major boiler repairs. The...
Jun 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM -
3ABescot liked Big Al's post in the thread Northern Belle 2026.
And that was the point I was trying to make, merely as an observation about the 'shifting sands' of main line charter operations across TOCs, including steam. The 'high end' market is popular with customers and in a business sense WC is wise to...
Jun 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM -
3ABescot liked Robin's post in the thread Severn Valley Autumn Steam Gala - 17 to 20 Sept.
Ditto (I last saw it at the ESR in 2017). Its first appearance on the SVR; 41421 and 41312 have visited before.
Jun 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM -
3ABescot liked Ben Jenden's post in the thread Severn Valley Autumn Steam Gala - 17 to 20 Sept.
41313 announced
Jun 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM -
GOEdwards liked jsm8b's post in the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026.
Crossing the Trent and Mersey canal, by Colwich lock No 21, Mallards by request (sort of). Canals are no better than railways for the encroachment of the canalside trees. The movement of the A4 was 86 minutes late, a check on the disruptions...
Jun 10, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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3ABescot liked Robin's post in the thread 82045 The way ahead?.
An excellent day and my thanks also to the Trustees and others for organising it. The star of the show: [ATTACH] Some of the components on display. As Neil said, the expansion links "look too good to go on a locomotive"! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Jun 10, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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3ABescot liked free2grice's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
A message from Ian Crowder on Facebook. <BJ> "As the railway's press officer, I have spoken to the Editor and the picture has been taken down. His argument was that it provided geographical context but appreciated that she fell from a road motor...
Jun 10, 2026 at 6:33 PM -
3ABescot liked staffordian's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
Personally, I don't see any speculation. All I see is a very poor article which many will wrongly interpret as a failure by the railway. I will admit that was my first thought but quickly realised this was very far from being the case. I just...
Jun 10, 2026 at 6:33 PM
