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bluetrain liked torgormaig's post in the thread Italian Main Line Steam with 625.116 along Lake Maggiore.
Some pictures of Monday (7/7/26) afternoon's outing along the shores of Lake Maggiore between Luino (Italy) and Cadenzzo (Switzerland) with 625.116. The running was sprightly, the scenery spectacular but off train photography was non-existant...
Sep 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Romsey liked torgormaig's post in the thread Italian Main Line Steam with 625.116 along Lake Maggiore.
Some pictures of Monday (7/7/26) afternoon's outing along the shores of Lake Maggiore between Luino (Italy) and Cadenzzo (Switzerland) with 625.116. The running was sprightly, the scenery spectacular but off train photography was non-existant...
Sep 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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torgormaig attached a file to the thread Italian Main Line Steam with 625.116 along Lake Maggiore.
Some pictures of Monday (7/7/26) afternoon's outing along the shores of Lake Maggiore between Luino (Italy) and Cadenzzo (Switzerland) with 625.116. The running was sprightly, the scenery spectacular but off train photography was non-existant...
Sep 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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robinboyle liked Andy B's post in the thread 76077.
It’s only been 3 weeks since my last update but we’ve had a good month with work progressing at leaky finders, LMS Loughborough and the GWSR. At LMS the two piston heads have been split from the rods. As we’ve had to take out more metal in boring...
Sep 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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ghost liked 35B's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Not to mention that the costs of doing this at standard gauge are much, much, greater than 2ft gauge
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ghost liked 73108's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Given the vast expense of building a new loco from scratch, I suspect 'some people' would be a vanishingly small number compared to, for example, those interested in forking out towards the prospect of seeing an A1 or P2 out and about on the main...
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The Gricing Owl liked Johnb's post in the thread WCR Rail Tours.
There no There's no room!
Sep 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM -
peckett replied to the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.
Listing to the sound on the video wether accurate or not it sounds like to me as if the driver started off on large valve of the regulater,the loco slipped ,he shut off but not enough to get on the small valve ,tried again ,and again .Then shut...
Sep 10, 2026 at 3:33 PM -
ghost liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.
Another workday saw more metal(rust) cut away from the end of B573403. We are still awaiting the new "W" iron for B560676 but have done more prep work and undersealing. A lot of time (and effort!) was spent loading our scrap steel into a skip...
Sep 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Bluenosejohn liked Matt78's post in the thread The Gwili Railway thread.
Repairs nearing completion on D2090
Sep 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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clinker liked Fireline's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
[IMG] Charwelton running in at the Avon Valley Railway. Adam Bryant's photo, borrowed from Facebook.
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Bluenosejohn liked Fireline's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
[IMG] Charwelton running in at the Avon Valley Railway. Adam Bryant's photo, borrowed from Facebook.
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Johnb replied to the thread WCR Rail Tours.
There no There's no room!
Sep 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
