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    Alternative history steam 1980

    But, would the labour shortages of the sixties still taken place? AIUI they made steam increasingly difficult to operate, no matter which way the...
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jul 2, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    71000 Matters

    ????? Shome mistake shurely? Pat
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jul 1, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

    More on Peckett 1788 (the engine that dare not use it's name!). Taken a couple of weeks ago, since then the laps have been patch screwed and the...
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 29, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    Try getting that past the ORR! LROs that I have seen specifically bar electric traction (unless self-generating or battery). I can't imagine that...
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 27, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    It would be a brave, or foolhardy, guard who did not apply his / her* hand brake during such a manoeuvre. Brakes do leak off, there have been a...
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 21, 2022 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    47298 for sale

    Was it just lack of spondulicks? Didn't Ted 'Grocer' Heath's destruction of Local Government in 1974 have a part to play? Pat
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 19, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    47298 for sale

    5690 was it. Pat
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 18, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    47298 for sale

    September 1973, from memory. As I walked back across the footbridge over the main line guess what was running underneath? That should date it it...
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 17, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    47298 for sale

    As the Butterley 3F tanks got a mention, I thought that these rather poor images may amuse y'all. Derby Locomotive Works (always known as 'The...
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 16, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    S&D Railway Trust

    I snuck into the Boiler Shop earlier. Couple of pics showing the current state of the boiler of Peckett 1788. Pat
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 12, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Industrial Loco Updates

    Are there patterns and core boxes for Austerity cylinders? I have been told that there aren't: if so a serious first cost looms, doesn't it? Pat
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 11, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Loading Gauges

    Slightly off-beam, I know, but why has the Bala got such tiny carriages? Surely a NG line on a SG bed has plenty of elbow room? Pat
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 10, 2022 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

    Thanks. Pat
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 8, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

    It is showing as waiting moderation. So, just to speed the plough (as it were) I have pasted the following: "This is a plea for help to track...
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 8, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

    I've just posted in the 'Thief Watch' section. The scrotes have paid Ropley a visit! Pat
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 8, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    [Stolen] Watercress Line Enamel signs stolen

    Pasted from an email just received: "This is a plea for help to track down our precious vintage signs that were stolen from Ropley over the...
    Thread by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 8, 2022, 3 replies, in forum: Thief Watch
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    Project Wareham

    Oh dear, it was so long ago! I know the Alton ticket office used to sell our tickets, but the mists of time, &c., I'm afraid. Pat
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 8, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Project Wareham

    SWT used to sell MHR tickets at Alton from their Ticket Office. The GM some years ago objected to the percentage that they took and the deal...
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 7, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Swanage Railway General Discussion

    No idea, I'm afraid. I am only assuming that SR will have to stand alongside the big boys, maybe there is a get-out-of-jail clause, but somehow I...
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 7, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Swanage Railway General Discussion

    In the one case that I know of, my manager told me that an incident involving a salt train left DB with a (capped) bill for £1m. It was a shocker,...
    Post by: Dunfanaghy Road, Jun 5, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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