bluetrains letzte Aktivitäten
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bluetrain gefällt Ivatt2MTs Beitrag in dem Thema National Railway Museum.
Looks like another move has been made in the Great Hall. After what must be at least 20 years, "Bauxite" and the carriage it was paired with have been moved from their isolated piece of track next to "Ellerman Lines" and placed onto separate...
18 Juli 2026 um 20:54 -
bluetrain gefällt Fenways Beitrag in dem Thema Steam and Steeple Cab Electric Locos at the Mariazell Tramway in Austria.
The Museumstramway Mariazell is often overshadowed by the more famous, very long and very mountainous narrow gauge railway (760 mm Bosnian gauge) that leads from St. Pölten to Mariazell. From the remote and inconvienently located Mariazell...
17 Juli 2026 um 14:09 -
bluetrain antwortete auf das Thema GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
That's a comprehensive summary of the usage of 2-cylinder compounds in England. But for the full UK picture, don't forget Bowman Malcolm's engines for the Belfast & Northern Counties. The last of the 3-ft gauge compound 2-4-2Ts was in use until...
16 Juli 2026 um 22:53 -
bluetrain gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
On the second point, it is not quite true to say no one bothered with two cylinder compounds. T.W. Wordsell built 11 such locos for the GER (most of which came out after he left that railway) and then a relatively significant number of various...
16 Juli 2026 um 22:29 -
bluetrain gefällt GWR7812s Beitrag in dem Thema Harz Narrow Gauge - HSB.
[MEDIA] Some shots of beginning of July.
15 Juli 2026 um 23:01 -
bluetrain gefällt 21Bs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
My observation about the challenge of running a railway is this: The railway is a system. Unless all parts of that system (infrastructure, trains, business systems, communications and people) are in sync it doesn't work, and problems in any one...
14 Juli 2026 um 23:54 -
bluetrain gefällt ilvaporistas Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I could be accused of over simplification but did the passenger figures during oil firing on the ffestiniog suffer due to the fuel used? I don't remember families walking away. If it goes chuff and blows out steam, that is enough for most people...
14 Juli 2026 um 17:51
