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    Did any of the 'Big Four'ever build new locomotives for their rivals?

    I recently read that at the LMS once considered ordering a batch of GWR Castle class locomotives from Swindon but the request was declined. I...
    Thread by: The Decapod, Jul 5, 2011, 5 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    Heritage Farms?

    I was just wondering if there are such things as heritage farms, run as charities and operated by volunteers, in the same way as most heritage...
    Thread by: The Decapod, Jan 9, 2011, 3 replies, in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    Oldest operational locomotive boiler.

    I know that the Furness Railway no 20 is the oldest operational standard-gauge steam loco, but it has been rebuilt during its life and its boiler...
    Thread by: The Decapod, Dec 16, 2010, 18 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    Derby Lightweights on the East Suffolk Line early 1960s

    I was thinking about my early memories of railways the other day. I'm old enough to remember steam locomotives on BR - but to me as a small boy...
    Thread by: The Decapod, Sep 5, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Bullhead Memories
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    Double Track Heritage Railways

    At the moment the Great Central is the only heritage railway in Britain that is double-track over a significant part of its length, with the...
    Thread by: The Decapod, Sep 2, 2010, 50 replies, in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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