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    Narrow gauge engines

    Are you suggesting a refreshment stall for explorers using it as a tea urn? :)
    Post by: LesterBrown, Jan 14, 2021 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    2999: Lady of Legend

    Better still a working Dean single :)
    Post by: LesterBrown, Jan 9, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Steam Hoover

    The WR would have had Kings to spare with their early replacement by diesel hydraulics. Job done :)
    Post by: LesterBrown, Jan 4, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Tea rooms and cafés do seem to become contentious issues on narrow gauge railways :)
    Post by: LesterBrown, Dec 26, 2020 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Smoke

    Most early railway Acts of Parliament specified that' locomotives shall consume their own smoke' or similar wording which was initially...
    Post by: LesterBrown, Dec 9, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Presumably the general principle was that a through train would not switch from being an up train to a down train on the course of its journey....
    Post by: LesterBrown, Dec 8, 2020 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Southwold Railway

    Possibly it is disturbance during construction of the line that would concern the RSPB rather than trains on the completed line.
    Post by: LesterBrown, Dec 4, 2020 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    LMS 2P 4-4-0

    To get back on topic...[ATTACH]
    Post by: LesterBrown, Nov 29, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    LMS 2P 4-4-0

    Definitely as built, such as 2203 Class . The height of Victorian elegance.
    Post by: LesterBrown, Nov 28, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    IIRC a few Bulldogs were built new with second hand boilers after the new boilers intended for them were instead fitted to Aberdares.
    Post by: LesterBrown, Nov 25, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Post by: LesterBrown, Nov 25, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Just how far south did ex L&Y locomotives get?

    That makes sense as by the time the Pugs got dumb buffers there almost certainly wouldn't have been any dumb buffered wagons remaining while...
    Post by: LesterBrown, Nov 17, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
  14. LesterBrown
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    Just how far south did ex L&Y locomotives get?

    Post by: LesterBrown, Nov 17, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Just how far south did ex L&Y locomotives get?

    I wonder why they weren't fitted with sprung buffers? When first introduced I assume there might still have been quite a few pre RCH standard...
    Post by: LesterBrown, Nov 17, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    There was recently discussion here about a new build water-tube W1. Big, expensive and not really successful. Now suggestions about new build...
    Post by: LesterBrown, Nov 12, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Southwold Railway

    Also good update phots of Blyth posted on North Bay Railway Engineering Services facebook page
    Post by: LesterBrown, Nov 5, 2020 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    FR & WHR & WHHR News

    [MEDIA]
    Post by: LesterBrown, Oct 10, 2020 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    I prefer their predecessors with larger driving wheels. :)
    Post by: LesterBrown, Sep 20, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Turntables.

    The side loading River Severn car ferries turned cars 90 degrees on a turntable to position them
    Post by: LesterBrown, Sep 11, 2020 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    P/S Waverley operating seasons post 2020 boiler re-fit.

    Although unwise to randomly speculate at this stage the more reliable accounts suggest the possibility of a malfunction of steam reversing gear.
    Post by: LesterBrown, Sep 8, 2020 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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