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  1. Karlh attached a file to the thread Jacobite 2026.

    Not an update to the train I am afraid but veterans of the Jacobite up here brace yourselves for a shock, work has brought me back up here this week and a walk through the town unveiled this...[ATTACH] The Grog is gone...

    20260505_181730.jpg May 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
  2. gricerdon replied to the thread Mid-Hants Railway | Autumn Steam Gala | 2nd-4th October 2026.

    The climb out of Alton is hardly a mole hill. Some big engines have come to grief on it in the past.

    May 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
  3. Sulzerman liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Mind you it does only say "our goal". I spent my life managing or working on projects that had a goal that was rarely achieved. I think the "best?" was our SAP installation that was about 5 years late and descoped from the original plan. Still it...

    May 5, 2026 at 8:59 PM
  4. Robert Heath No.6 liked Ben Jenden's post in the thread Didcot: Heritage in Motion Gala 23-25 May.

    and with two weeks to the event... 1466 is pulled from the roster still not ready....1340 Trojan now on the roster instead and 4144 is out with 32424 over 30/31 May

    May 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
  5. Fireline replied to the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    Not this weekend. Looks like the 108 on Saturday, and the Thumper on Sunday, but don't quote me on that....

    May 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
  6. JBTEvans attached a file to the thread WSR Spring Steam Gala 1-4 May 2026.

    It never comes as a surprise, as every previous gala I had a really enjoyable time on Friday, fantastic breakfast (again) on the first train out of BL, enjoyed looking around the stalls at Minehead, chatting with station staff at Dunster and...

    WSR1.png WSR6.png WSR4.png WSR3.png WSR2.png WSR5.png WSR7.png WSR8.png May 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
  7. Sheff liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.

    June 1990 and I think this is possibly the first time I filmed a 25NC, in this case 25NC 3432 on a complete container train. The 4-8-4 is heading through the slightly less semi-arid Karoo as it approaches Heuningneskloof station on train 2415...

    205-Bryan-B.jpg May 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
  8. Rumpole replied to the thread Swanage Railway Diesel Gala 08 - 10 May 2026.

    A 99? Well it is the seaside.

    May 5, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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