Bluenosejohn's Recent Activity
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Bluenosejohn liked green five's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
CanPac has definitely been a great asset for the railway since returning from her lengthy overhaul. She was thrown in at the deep end so to speak when 30506 developed a boiler problem and was out of action for some time. 35005 was the main motive...
Aug 31, 2026 at 6:22 PM -
Bluenosejohn liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Although I get the point that a Merchant Navy is a very large loco for operating 5 coach trains, it remains the case that the cheapest loco to operate is the one you have available right now. In other words - 35005 may burn a lot of coal, but the...
Aug 31, 2026 at 5:35 PM -
Bluenosejohn liked 45698Mars's post in the thread Fire Risk.
When I was a kid there were still thousands of steam locomotives on the network, working day in and day out, without diesel assistance. I know that we have the effects of climate change and this year an unprecedented hot, dry summer, but back in...
Aug 31, 2026 at 4:46 PM -
Bluenosejohn liked 73108's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Which, ironically, is exactly what we do. Train to Newtondale, walk to Levisham (a very pleasant one along easy terrain and, as a bonus, almost all downhill). Then we sit on the station and eat a picnic while enjoying the glorious peace and...
Aug 31, 2026 at 4:46 PM -
Bluenosejohn liked NGChrisW's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Certainly when I started with BR in the 1980’s it was always said that the railway ran on TLA’s. (three letter acronyms)! You gradually got to know them through experience although when Railtrack came along, there were so many people brought into...
Aug 31, 2026 at 3:53 PM -
Bluenosejohn liked Miff's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Very early in my career I worked for a small(ish) manufacturing company. At a meeting about new products the MD summed up the discussion as “so what we need is a Cheap S**t Unit for the export market”. The R&D man wrote down ‘CSU’ and took it...
Aug 31, 2026 at 3:52 PM -
Bluenosejohn liked Wenlock's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Playing with acronyms was always popular. When BR decided to move over to computerised consignment details, to replace physical wagon labels and triplicate consignment orders, I accompanied an "implementation manager" for a while. The scheme...
Aug 31, 2026 at 3:52 PM -
Bluenosejohn liked Brucklebog's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
I I just hope for all our sakes that there was no VPL…. Around 30 years ago there was a loco owning consortium at the Caledonian Railway Brechin known as the Angus Railway Steam Engineers’ (Yes, there really was, it’s existence was noted in the...
Aug 31, 2026 at 3:51 PM -
Bluenosejohn liked JBTEvans's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Went along to the Diesels at 65 event on Sunday, so glad this event took place as I was disappointed to miss the Hymek celebration last year due to other commitments. The railway was busy for not quite a full gala event and lots of families...
Aug 31, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Bluenosejohn liked Charles Parry's post in the thread Mid-Norfolk Railway.
Took a trip today for the first time and it was a neat little operation. They were holding a beer festival with live music for the bank holiday, with 80078 on the coaching stock putting in a good turn (with some drag racing style starts at...
Aug 31, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Bluenosejohn liked Steve's post in the thread 82045 The way ahead?.
GWR fans must have a sense of humour. After all, they support the GWR.;)
Aug 30, 2026 at 11:44 PM -
Bluenosejohn liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Great Central Railway General Matters.
Nice to see steam back in operation today! [ATTACH]
Aug 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
