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  1. 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

  2. Bluenosejohn liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Great Central Railway General Matters.

    Nice to see steam back in operation today! [ATTACH]

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  3. Bluenosejohn liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.

    Well #403 has lots missing, #067 has a mostly black inside and chassis rails and #676 has a finished sub assembly fixed end (We are still awaiting the new "W" iron). [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

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  4. Bluenosejohn liked 5944's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Boots No. 1 (Andrew Barclay 1984/1930) being charged up today by 7828 at Minehead today, while BBC Points West carried out some filming. 7802 and 9351 on service trains. Plenty of noise from the Manor but both were...

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  5. Bluenosejohn liked GWJ's post in the thread The Gwili Railway thread.

    Visited yesterday - due to the fire risk the 03 was the motive power for our 4 coach train which ran as far as Llwyfan Cerrig. Apparently it had difficulty reaching 4th gear and we pootled along at about 15mph. At Llwyfan Cerrig the engine...

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  6. Bluenosejohn liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.

    Crampton Locomotive - this is a project that for a long time seemed to have gone into abeyance, but has flared into life over the last year or two, with really significant progress. https://cramptonlocomotivetrust.org/ The website has had a...

    Aug 30, 2026 at 1:04 AM

  7. Bluenosejohn liked Jamessquared's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    The “memories” function of my phone just popped this up - 19 years ago to the day. [ATTACH] Tom

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  8. Bluenosejohn liked 45045's post in the thread 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...

    Aug 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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