Bluenosejohn's Recent Activity
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Bluenosejohn liked mdewell's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.
Perhaps they could restore a few with raised floors. . . say about 6 in below the top rim! Just needs a thin covering with suitable lumps of rock to look like a fully loaded wagon. ;):D [ATTACH]
Oct 20, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Bluenosejohn liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.
[ATTACH] Picture courtesy Brandon Morley A truly unique event Two passing Windcutter trains!
Oct 20, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Bluenosejohn liked Musket The Dog's post in the thread Mountsorrel Heritage Centre.
Good morning everyone, we've been very busy at the Heritage Center over the past year with the lift bridge coming into full operation and the lifting demonstations and shunting over it becoming a regular feature of our shunting days. Roger the...
Oct 20, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Bluenosejohn liked Andy B's post in the thread 76077.
October Boiler update. A small group of shareholders visited Leaky finders in early October to view progress on our boiler. Many thanks go to Rory for agreeing to this and being on hand on a Saturday to answer people’s questions. Visible progress...
Oct 20, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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Bluenosejohn liked Jonnie's post in the thread Spa Valley Railway - Latest News.
I sent three reports during the event: one on Saturday morning, one on Sunday morning, and one today. The two below are from Sunday morning (reflecting on Saturday, but I did recap Friday) and today. These reports went down incredibly well with...
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Bluenosejohn liked blink bonny's post in the thread Flying Scotsman Main Line Railtours Autumn 2026.
My wife and I had a trip down to Gloucestershire over the weekend to celebrate our grandaughter's birthday on Saturday. Our son decided it would be nice to take the two of us for a trip to Didcot Railway Centre while the little one went to...
Oct 20, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Bluenosejohn liked Calsyman's post in the thread Northampton and Lamport.
EXCITING PLANS! Northampton & Lamport Railway has long held ambitions to erect permanent station buildings at our main station, Pitsford & Brampton. Unfortunately, the original buildings were demolished by British Railways in the 1960s, prior to...
Oct 20, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Bluenosejohn liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Or back in those of 1991 where thee first train became a L.E. move to see if it could get there, and the services were T & T to avoid the uncoupling, and I suspect frozen points. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Oct 20, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Bluenosejohn liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
I was on the Q class that day - 2022. [ATTACH] It was clear most of the day, just as we got back to SP it snowed very heavily. My drive home was a bit hairy for about 15 miles and after that it was fine! Tom
Oct 20, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Bluenosejohn liked 5944's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
20th December 2009 [ATTACH] 24th December 2010 [ATTACH] Nice seeing trains in winter without gazillions of coloured lights on the outside! The first year the roads were too treacherous to drive about, so I parked at Sheffield Park and...
Oct 20, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Bluenosejohn liked Chris86's post in the thread West Lancs Light Railway.
A follow up on my post from a couple of years ago. The WLLR made quite an impression on both me and my wife, so much so she booked me a Footplate Experience day there for my Birthday. Had a great day, on the running line and shunting round the...
Oct 19, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Bluenosejohn liked Karlh's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
Well the last week got underway this morning in spectacular conditions and made the 2 day trip worth it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Oct 19, 2026 at 3:44 PM
