Hi Bryan, The area outside the shed and workshops was previously concreted up to rail level and there's a lot of concrete still to pour. It was...
ISTR something about them putting in a crossing to give coal deliveries better access to the coal stage .... but it was awhile ago and I may have...
I believe Peter Rampton was particularly fond of this carriage having done most of the restoration himself which is why it wasn't offered back to...
I'd love to read more about the carriage restoration work you are doing but can't seem to find anything on the L&B website. Any chance of a link...
The 2024 season on the IMR opened this morning with the 10.00 from Port Erin to Castletown headed by loco No.4 Loch which celebrates its 150...
Of course - that makes much more sense. I copied it from here http://locomotives.com.pl/Freight Steam Locomotives/Tr202.htm and should have...
Maybe I missed it but couldn't see anything related to "the S160 guys finding one of their boilers was a Liberation" as stated in your first post....
Thanks for the reply. Actually I was referring to the other Peckett, 2131 Oliver Veltom, which, at one time, was your regular 'home' loco. I'd...
What is the current situation with your own Barclay? ISTR there was a team actively working on the Peckett some years ago but the project seemed...
It is a sad fact of life that we can't 'save' everything. What we can try to do is preserve the best/most representative examples. The 502, once...
What is the source of this information? The reason I ask is that the published boiler dimensions for the 2 classes are vastly different: Distance...
Same problem with most of the 'preserved' EMU stock (the Bluebell's VEP is an exception). Host railways don't want them as they take up valuable...
The Oakwood Press volume 'Southern Railway Passenger Vans' is an excellent reference if one seeks further information. Ray.
The list I posted was a first draft, made up some years ago as a Word document, in the hope that it could be corrected/updated through the...
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