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    LSWR T3 563

    Wasn't the plan to put the turntable there too?
    Post by: *8A*, Sep 4, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    RMS Queen Mary

    One of the big advantages of flying via Dublin is that Immigration/Passport Control is carried out there, or was last time I travelled that way....
    Post by: *8A*, Apr 20, 2023 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    6023

    Thank you Nigel, much appreciated.
    Post by: *8A*, Sep 16, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6023

    Visited over the Bank Holiday weekend and nice to see 6023 restored to it's original appearance. Seemed to sound more like it did before the...
    Post by: *8A*, Sep 14, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Your earliest loco memory

    In the mid to late 50s my father took me into Liverpool Lime St to see what was going on as he had a general interest in transport and railways in...
    Post by: *8A*, Apr 12, 2020 in forum: Bullhead Memories
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    Farewell to RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 :o(

    Recent video of her new life as a hotel [MEDIA]
    Post by: *8A*, Dec 19, 2019 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    UP 4014

    Thanks for the info. Direct flights are actually operated by Delta so always worth checking their website and Virgins as they often have better or...
    Post by: *8A*, Feb 13, 2019 in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    UP 4014

    Go for it, Salt Lake City and the Rockies are worth visiting anyway. By the way 4014 and 844 won't be able to re-create the golden spike ceremony...
    Post by: *8A*, Feb 11, 2019 in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    Traws Link Cymru - threat to the Gwili?

    For anyone interested the Welsh Government have now published their feasibility study into the re-opening of the Aberystwyth- Carmarthen line....
    Post by: *8A*, Oct 22, 2018 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    71000 Duke of Gloucester, BR era, withdrawn and cut apart + ressurection

    As you say it always seemed to be filthy to us spotters, we used to hate it as it seemed to follow us around, we used to say are you sure there...
    Post by: *8A*, Jul 24, 2018 in forum: BR era (from 1948)
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    Stanier Princess Coronation class 46243 & 46244 in B.R. days

    Neil, I think the date in the first picture of 46243 is incorrect as the yellow stripes were not applied until 1964. So sad to see 6243 being...
    Post by: *8A*, Jul 24, 2018 in forum: Photography