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    Recommissioning after Coronavirus

    I was wondering whether the FfR's "bug boxes" mightn't benefit from a full height screen above the seat backs down the centre. Possibly even win...
    Post by: 30854, Jun 5, 2020 at 12:39 PM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    Tom's (@Jamessquared's) love of most things SECR led me to boogie through the Bluebell's carriage pages, wondering if there would ever be scope,...
    Post by: 30854, Jun 5, 2020 at 12:35 PM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    GWR Rebuilding of Acquired Loco's after The Grouping

    To judge by withdrawal dates across the board, the Great Depression was a 'game changer' whose full effects we possibly underestimate. Certainly,...
    Post by: 30854, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:27 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Locomotives that NEARLY made it

    A very sad loss, though those which really grate are the fates of the last SG2 and the last UG .... both handsome designs and fine examples of the...
    Post by: 30854, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:33 AM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Recommissioning after Coronavirus

    To hell with kick-ball (spherical balls behave far too predictably to be interesting, IMO) ..... I'm waiting for the RFU to work out how the hell...
    Post by: 30854, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:14 AM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway Operations

    Robin's photos are from a few weeks before my second ever visit, when the entire country was a tinderbox for the second year in a row .... by...
    Post by: 30854, Jun 4, 2020 at 9:12 AM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Swanage Railway General Discussion

    Can't wait to see the first 'Santas' with 2mtr long arms and thighs. That'll keep child psychiatrists in clover for years! :Meh:
    Post by: 30854, Jun 3, 2020 at 3:08 PM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Developments on the Corris Railway

    Another clip on the progress with the southern extension:...
    Post by: 30854, Jun 2, 2020 at 4:35 PM in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Isle of Wight Steam Railway

    Although differential line speeds shouldn't prove insurmountable, if sufficient money is chucked at making it happen, operating comercial train...
    Post by: 30854, Jun 2, 2020 at 3:02 PM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Isle of Wight Steam Railway

    I've never subscribed to the notion of an 'ideal length' for a heritage line. It's horses for courses. Isolation from the motorway network,...
    Post by: 30854, Jun 2, 2020 at 11:27 AM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Locomotives that NEARLY made it

    BICC (Belvedere, N Kent) had a 3'-6" gauge line, which certainly historically used steam locos. Whether or not they made it to closure in 1968,...
    Post by: 30854, Jun 1, 2020 at 5:26 PM in forum: Steam Traction