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  1. 21B replied to the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    I am not away of a single refund at the MHR in the many years I was in a position to know.

    Sep 6, 2024 at 6:01 PM

  2. 21B replied to the thread Strathspey Railway.

    Obviously my comments apply to a situation where there isn’t a tail lamp and your not going up hill, though when coupling up on the 1 in 60 off the end of Medstead I find the best option is set the loco with just enough of a breath of steam for...

    Sep 6, 2024 at 1:19 PM

  3. 21B replied to the thread Strathspey Railway.

    I agree. Get the speed down to a point where if you don’t brake again you can’t damage the train and roll on in with no steam on. Much safer. This stop and then move on is liable to cause more accidents than it prevents.

    Sep 6, 2024 at 11:03 AM

  4. 21B liked Steve's post in the thread Strathspey Railway.

    With a steam loco, especially a large one, I prefer not to stop at all and will slow down well before the stock and crawl onto it. It is by far the easiest and safest way. If I have to stop it will be sixty or more feet away. I've seen locos...

    Sep 6, 2024 at 11:01 AM

  5. 21B replied to the thread Strathspey Railway.

    That would make some more sense, though there are still some issues I’d have with one or two points.

    Sep 5, 2024 at 11:18 PM

  6. 21B replied to the thread Strathspey Railway.

    That’s surely a nonsense. Are they really saying that there needs to be a risk assessment in place for a shunt move that just happens to be further up the siding than the last one? If that is really the case then I fear that the railways are on...

    Sep 5, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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