الأنشطة الأخيرة الخاصة بـ Bluenosejohn
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أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة green five' في موضوع 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...
31 أوت 2026 في 6:22 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة Jamessquared' في موضوع 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...
31 أوت 2026 في 5:35 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة 45698Mars' في موضوع 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...
31 أوت 2026 في 4:46 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة 73108' في موضوع 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...
31 أوت 2026 في 4:46 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة NGChrisW' في موضوع 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...
31 أوت 2026 في 3:53 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة Miff' في موضوع 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...
31 أوت 2026 في 3:52 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة Wenlock' في موضوع 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...
31 أوت 2026 في 3:52 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة Brucklebog' في موضوع 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...
31 أوت 2026 في 3:51 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة JBTEvans' في موضوع 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...
31 أوت 2026 في 3:49 مساءاً
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أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة Charles Parry' في موضوع 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...
31 أوت 2026 في 3:33 مساءاً
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أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة Steve' في موضوع 82045 The way ahead?.
GWR fans must have a sense of humour. After all, they support the GWR.;)
30 أوت 2026 في 11:44 مساءاً -
أعجب Bluenosejohn بمشاركة Flying Phil' في موضوع Great Central Railway General Matters.
Nice to see steam back in operation today! [ATTACH]
30 أوت 2026 في 1:15 صباحاً
