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banburysaint liked Lord Belborough's post in the thread 1466 - GWS first loco.
1466 arrived at Didcot West yard on Friday. Hopefully it's moving to DRC today. [ATTACH]
Jul 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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banburysaint liked Hampshire Unit's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
After @Stinch had his fun, Beefy was driving 35005 on the Bulleid Society special last night. [IMG]Alresford Conversation by Stephen Morley, on Flickr
Jul 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM -
banburysaint liked alexl102's post in the thread Industrial Loco Updates.
A few things I've seen recently: - Haulwen returned to service today - Austerity tank HE3163 WD132 Sapper at the Dean Forest Railway could be out on trials following overhaul next month, and it's hoped it'll be ready in time to cover for 9681...
Jul 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM -
banburysaint liked Steamie Boxes's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
926 passed it's post washout steam test yesterday 92134 is requiring coupling rod bushes to be made then I believe once rods are fitted it's done 80136 is sat at the back of the shed awaiting it's elements returning after it blew a couple on test...
Jul 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM -
banburysaint liked Steamie Boxes's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Steam loco availability should improve next week with the return of 44806 after issues found last week. 63395 was steamed for the first time yesterday, and will be running in shortly once some niggles have been ironed out. 29s defective rod...
Jul 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM -
banburysaint liked William Fletcher's post in the thread Industrial Loco Updates.
Let us hope it gets its proper identity back, rather than pretending to be a J94 and skewing history as so manyt others have done. A red, blue or green engine is much more inrtersting and if really into the preservation game, what we should be...
Jul 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM -
banburysaint liked Brunswick Green 2's post in the thread Industrial Loco Updates.
NELPG News 347 confirms 68030 to be overhauled by the group in conjunction with the NYMR, boiler being worked on elsewhere.
Jul 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM -
banburysaint liked Matt78's post in the thread Industrial Loco Updates.
Austerity “Haulwen” ex works at Gwili. The black and white wasp stripes have been confirmed as correct by an ex Mountain Ash fitter. regards Matt
Jul 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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banburysaint liked WorkingPressure225's post in the thread Current state of SR U and N moguls.
31618 is in storage in the Sheffield Park Carriage Shed. As mentioned above it is the intention of the Maunsell Society to overhaul this engine after the overhaul of Stowe has been completed in the late 2020s. 31625 is in storage. The engine is...
Jul 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM -
banburysaint liked chrishallam's post in the thread Nene Valley Railway.
From memory, the large Danish tank, 740, and Swedish 4-6-0 no. 101 both featured heavily?;)
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banburysaint liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
To be fair, it’s very clearly flagged by the OP as Facebook, and very clearly flagged that it may not work for everyone. So I don’t know what else you expect - if you don’t like Facebook, you don’t have to follow the link. The tone of your post...
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banburysaint liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
35005, 34007 and 30506 all in service at the same time! :):):) I am allowed to dream, am I? :) Bryan
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banburysaint liked Duty Druid's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Welcome to this weeks edition of Gardeners World. Yes, Dear Reader, your eyes do not decieve you! Given the weather forecast, a major working party had been knocked on the head, but three of our number had to be inattendance atop the hill...
Jun 30, 2025
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banburysaint liked Romsey's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Yes S15 828 is still at Ropley. The owning group are fund raising and slowly rebuilding their structure from loosing 6 key members a years back. Please pm me if you want to become involved. At the moment it's mainly admin and sales but...
Jun 30, 2025
