الأنشطة الأخيرة الخاصة بـ Bluenosejohn
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أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة 45045' في موضوع Oil Firing.
It is a good job we only use oil and gas for transport fuels. It we were to use it for other things like road surfaces, pharmaceuticals, plastics for insulation, fertilizer, then we would still need some for these products, but as it is only...
27 أوت 2026 في 5:40 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة brennan' في موضوع Oil Firing.
Ah, so we may as well shut everything down. That'll save a lot of worries about fundraising to keep heritage railways running. If you read the Guardian this is what you must expect.......
27 أوت 2026 في 5:40 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة brennan' في موضوع Oil Firing.
In the book "British Steam on the Pampas" the author, DS Purdom who was the CME of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway until 1951, devotes a section to the subject of oil firing. He notes that over 500 locomotives used oil fuel with no...
27 أوت 2026 في 5:40 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة Paul Grant' في موضوع Strathspey Railway.
Saw a lot of photos from the weekend. Hopefully the Strathspey management have confidence to pick up events like this again. LMS BTK 27043 has returned after contract overhaul and looks mint. Photo credits to Graham Maxstone
27 أوت 2026 في 5:34 مساءاً
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أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة Breva' في موضوع Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.
I posted another blog update today. It's here: https://yeovalleylines.blogspot.com/2026/08/equipment-purchases.html Hope you like it. There will be more news after the open meeting in Barnstaple on September 26th. Any interested party can...
27 أوت 2026 في 5:33 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة M59137' في موضوع North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.
Yes it was. Good news for the owners (M&GN Society) and for the shed team who have put a lot of work into the engine recently. Sent from my moto g85 5G using Tapatalk
27 أوت 2026 في 5:32 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة Breva' في موضوع GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
This was the station site two years later, in 2011. On the left is the site of the former waiting room for trains to Honeybourne. [ATTACH] The blog @jnc quotes was started by Bill Britton, the chap in orange with the blue hat. As things got...
25 أوت 2026 في 7:50 مساءاً
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أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة jnc' في موضوع GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
For those who are not aficionados of Jo's 'GWSR Heritage' blog, there is a new post, Canopy lift completed, richly illustrated with copious images of the whole process (along with short bits on some siding relaying, and an initial investigation...
25 أوت 2026 في 7:50 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة Matt78' في موضوع The Gwili Railway thread.
Aberaeron signal box is now open to the public after a comprehensive restoration.
25 أوت 2026 في 7:49 مساءاً
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أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة Matt78' في موضوع The Gwili Railway thread.
Work has commenced on the final connection to road 2 of the carriage shed.
25 أوت 2026 في 7:49 مساءاً
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أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة acorb' في موضوع FR & WHR & WHHR News.
[ATTACH] Wonderful day out on the WHR behind Garratt 130 today. Can confirm that Snowdonia is looking quite lush and green unlike the landscape 70 miles south in Mid-Powys! The countryside was spectacular as ever, the railway living up its...
25 أوت 2026 في 7:48 مساءاً
