A minor point, but there was also a background on the LNER: North Eastern and Hull and Barnsley, and earlier the Great Central and Lancashire,...
It is somewhat disappointing that the LNER achieved hardly any reduction in locomotive stock during the 1920's, as surely one of the purposes of...
Now for a brief report on the return of the South Devon Explorer of 28th May, my seat being near the front of the train in this direction. The...
Some comments on the South Devon Explorer of 28th May, blessed with fine weather all day with a cooling breeze taking some of the heat out of the...
And for completeness, they were (re) converted to 5' 3" wheels in 1922, 1924, and 1918.
A very belated comment on a previous post: the Midland built three 0-6-0s with 6 foot wheels "for fish traffic". They did not last very long, I...
And a big thanks too to Gravy Train catering, serving the whole train from a single kitchen car. On Saturday we got our breakfasts almost...
Hello Ian, yes 30/9/90 is correct, sorry my mistake.
The list of Blue Riband runs took me back many years, and led me to search through old notebooks during the Easter holiday. I have found some...
I don't suppose I'm the right person to answer the question about the Appleby to Ais Gill time, and I don't think there is a simple answer in any...
Webb on the LNWR also ran trials between trains equipped with the automatic vacuum and air brakes (and, like Adams, with the simple vacuum brake...
A report on Steam Dreams train London to the Settle and Carlisle Railway Saturday 9 April. A satisfactory trip, even the weather was good, mainly...
Now for some comments on the return trip. The whole train was turned at Castleton so my seat was again near the front, but now on the wrong side...
It is reported that Drax needs three times as much biomass as coal, using wood would probably be about the same ratio. These fuels are also less...
Returning to a previous query, it is certainly possible to run Luttermöllers without the gears. The Germans had some standard gauge Luttermöller...
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