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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    It would have been one and only still in existence, 33001, on the Bluebell. I love it.
    Post by: sbt, Apr 29, 2018 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    End of deep coal mining in Britain

    Practically the only way to reopen a Pit is to make it just that, an Open Cast 'Hole in the Ground' - 'Untopping'. These days machinery is so much...
    Post by: sbt, Apr 29, 2018 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Railway watches in silver

    Could survival rate also be influenced by return policy - some railways insisting on return of the watch on retirement and others allowing retired...
    Post by: sbt, Jun 27, 2015 in forum: Railwayana
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    GWR Streamlined Castle : 5005 Manorbier Castle

    We now know a lot more about handling scale effects (although they were not at all unaware of them in the 30's) and how to allow for them....
    Post by: sbt, Jun 20, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    VOLUNTEER TRAINING

    With respect to Plant, I am a lapsed Waterway Restoration volunteer. The Inland Waterway Association run an insurance scheme for restoration...
    Post by: sbt, May 30, 2015 in forum: Railway Operations M.I.C
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    Why did the GWR not use smoke deflectors?

    I think its worth pointing out, as someone who commuted in the Slam Door era, that lots of people appeared not to be able to close manual doors...
    Post by: sbt, May 5, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Why did the GWR not use smoke deflectors?

    <Points from Lofty Height to the standardised No 34 Birkenhead Compact Oiling Oik>
    Post by: sbt, Apr 30, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Why did the GWR not use smoke deflectors?

    We are discussing the GWR. Unlike those of inferior railways GWR locomotives were built and operated properly. Access to the motion between visits...
    Post by: sbt, Apr 30, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Why did the GWR not use smoke deflectors?

    That design was what was fitted from new. The Mk3s only ever had external handles. The Mk3 incidents were initially blamed on drunken passengers...
    Post by: sbt, Apr 26, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    There is also the issues that: a) The paths exist for a reason, whilst in many cases that reason no longer exists and the path is used for...
    Post by: sbt, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    As an aside, I take it that you have NOT read Railwaywomen (by my friend Helena Wojtczak, BRs first female guard - who found that she was not the...
    Post by: sbt, Mar 8, 2014 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    A good 'un from a bad 'un

    Non-railway interjection: IMHO nobody did as much as Lord Dowding - but an awful lot of his involvement was before the shooting started. Many...
    Post by: sbt, Dec 27, 2013 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    Just an odd thought, triggered by a photo in a recently posted link that showed a 'Properly Attired' chap in a suit on East Grinstead (Bluebell)...
    Post by: sbt, Oct 27, 2013 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Who's loco is it anyway...

    From another field, one that I actually know something about, HMS Victory underwent a 'Great Repair' in 1800. She came out looking radically...
    Post by: sbt, Aug 18, 2013 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Northern Extension - so what's occurring then?

    According to this site: Southern Railway Locomotive Headcodes If the two discs were on the RIGHT when facing the approaching train it was the...
    Post by: sbt, Mar 26, 2013 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Transhipment/Exchange Yards

    There was an internal Narrow Gauge railway system around part of the explosives works in the Tillingbourne Valley near Guildford. It had an...
    Post by: sbt, Feb 3, 2013 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    WW1 Narrow gauge photos.

    The Somme Stations, a Detective story by Andrew Martin gives a flavour of the time and the place. The Somme Stations Jim Stringer Steam Detective...
    Post by: sbt, Nov 17, 2012 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Bluebell Northern Extension - so what's occurring then?

    You will note that the latest Philpot photos show that the clay placed into the base of the cutting to maintain the 1:60 gradient has raised the...
    Post by: sbt, Sep 22, 2012 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Rochdale Canal restoration. Hydraulic lift bridge.

    Try the Inland Waterways Association, who will have overseen the restoration: https://www.waterways.org.uk/ Rick
    Post by: sbt, Jul 9, 2012 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    Thames pageant

    Steam Narrowboat President. The Railway Preservationists may want to watch out for the Canal Preservationists aboard their boat 'Fulbourne'. The...
    Post by: sbt, Jun 3, 2012 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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