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  1. bluetrain liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    According to our appendix, Broadway is 9.75 Mk1s long, Toddington is in the process of going from 6 to 6.25 Mk1s, Winchcombe is 7.5, Gotherington is 2, and Cheltenham is 13 on P1, and 9.5 on P2.

    Aug 21, 2026 at 11:15 PM

  2. bluetrain liked Fenway's post in the thread Denmark's First Steam Locomotive in Action.

    At the Danish Railway Museum in Odense, they built an authentic replica of the country's first steam locomotive from 1846. Like so many first generation steam locomotives of that era, the original "Odin" was also built in England by Sharp...

    Aug 19, 2026 at 11:33 PM

  3. bluetrain liked Hirn's post in the thread Oil Firing.

    As a model it was certainly tried in Gauge I when third rail was standard to electrify outside about the mid 1960’s. I don’t what the voltage was - probably one or two dozen volts DC - but compared to an electric motor it drew a lot of current....

    Aug 18, 2026 at 11:26 PM

  4. bluetrain liked Britfoamer's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    As you can probably see from the weather forecast, up here in the North West/Lancashire we got a couple inches of rain last night, enough to refill my 210 litre water butt in the back garden. The sun disappeared around tea time and it has...

    Aug 18, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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