Does anyone know what happened to the lattice signal post with its distant signal arm, which was sited near the A82 at Ballachulish village on the...
So I'm out in my garden lopping the pear and apple trees after tea, and around 7.15 I heard a chime whistle twice, followed by a Stanier hooter...
Just been watching some videos of Scots Guardsman on Youtube, and I wondered if the exhaust sound is different to other Royal Scots back in the...
I wonder if anyone could be so kind as to confirm the colours of the Maroon and Cream livery applied to restored BR (LMR) stations, such as...
Daft question time... What causes a locomotive to sound "off-beat"? A steam locomotive has its valves set by shimming the valve heads up and...
I am part-way through restoring a 1949 AEC Regent III Pre-select bus, Ex-Huddersfield Joint Omnibus Committee No. 225. The only survivor of a...
I can't now remember from whom I gleaned this information from, it was certainly a member on here, perhaps Anthony Coulls? Good job I saved it as...
Just found this on Youtube... Not British steam, but interesting all the same. Durango & Silverton Railway, with visiting Southern Pacific 4-6-0...
I've just received in my inbox the latest advertising flyer from West Coast Railways, for the Scarborough Flyer. I'm really interested to know...
I've recently been reading up about a few of the names associated with early railway history, having in recent years expanded my interest from the...
I'm half-way through reading H.A.V. Bulleid's book "Bulleid of the Southern", and there's a photograph of a BFB driving wheelset for British India...
I know this isn't about a specific Locomotive, but didn't know where to post it, so please forgive me - I'm wondering if anyone has a full...
Not sure where the correct place to post this request is, as there isn't a specific catgory for it, but here goes... I'm having to have my...
I wondered if anyone has any idea of the approximate times of The Waverley on August 20th., over the Settle-Carlisle section? I'm just getting...
Does anyone know if there are any commercially-available DVDs of class 24-27 Diesels in service on BR? I've got the "Whistling Giants" set of the...
Over the weekend, I was looking at a book in Tesco, called "Manchester in the 1970s". One photograph showed a cut-down 0-6-0 locomotive, which was...
I am currently in the process of reading "The Midland Railway North of Leeds", and have come across a reference to an article by E.L. Ahrons,...
As we know, Scots Guardsman has proved itself to be an exemplary performer on the main line since its major overhaul at Carnforth. What I am...
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