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  1. Breva a răspuns la subiectul Fakeography.

    Remember Kenneth Williams in Hancock's Half Hour? He was an outraged passport photographer: Snaps? SNAPS ???? I don't take snaps. I paint, with light... :)

    23 Aug 2026 la 16:56
  2. Breva a plăcut postul lui mikehartuk în subiectul Rother Valley Railway.

    No that a way down the list. Westerham Branch to reinstate next. Only two level crossings needed. Mike

    23 Aug 2026 la 16:26
  3. Breva a răspuns la subiectul Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.

    I posted another blog update today. It's here: https://yeovalleylines.blogspot.com/2026/08/equipment-purchases.html Hope you like it. There will be more news after the open meeting in Barnstaple on September 26th. Any interested party can...

    22 Aug 2026 la 21:32
  4. Breva a răspuns la subiectul Fakeography.

    Thanks - the original print said a 2800, but from many other prints by the same author I know that he made mistakes in his later years.

    22 Aug 2026 la 06:21
  5. Breva a atașat un fișier la subiectul Fakeography.

    Here is the B&W picture: [ATTACH] AI mistook the steam cloud for sky, and made the train enter a cutting, whereas there was plenty more cutting behind it, obscured by steam. It's the cutting between Springfield Lane and Broadway station. The...

    28xx class with a down goods at Broadway c1950sa.jpg 21 Aug 2026 la 18:49
  6. Breva a răspuns la subiectul Harz Narrow Gauge - HSB.

    Hmm, who translated the ' double crossing soft spot ' I wonder? Do they mean a double slip, perchance?

    21 Aug 2026 la 16:36
  7. Breva a atașat un fișier la subiectul Fakeography.

    Colourisation, with AI, of a 1950s photograph of a train about to pass through Broadway from the North. What did AI get wrong? [ATTACH]

    542ff89f-0726-4f93-a8f4-88db6a5da9ea.png 21 Aug 2026 la 14:41
  8. Breva a răspuns la subiectul GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    They are longer, iirc 700ft instead of 400ft. The original platforms served the 'Coffeepot', a rail motor and a trailer. Our instructions were to build platforms long enough for 10 coaches And the toilets you'd need with that volume of people......

    21 Aug 2026 la 14:32
  9. Breva a răspuns la subiectul GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    Very slightly shifted: - the main building is longer, due to extra toilets - the footbridge was installed 2ft too long, leading to an incorrect position on P1 - the P2 building is longer by one truss . The approach road to the horse dock was...

    21 Aug 2026 la 06:00
  10. Breva a atașat un fișier la subiectul GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    This was the station site two years later, in 2011. On the left is the site of the former waiting room for trains to Honeybourne. [ATTACH] The blog @jnc quotes was started by Bill Britton, the chap in orange with the blue hat. As things got...

    11-03-21 178 Photo.jpg 20 Aug 2026 la 21:36
  11. Breva a plăcut postul lui jnc în subiectul GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    For those who are not aficionados of Jo's 'GWSR Heritage' blog, there is a new post, Canopy lift completed, richly illustrated with copious images of the whole process (along with short bits on some siding relaying, and an initial investigation...

    20 Aug 2026 la 21:11
  12. Breva a plăcut postul lui mikehartuk în subiectul Rother Valley Railway.

    Rother Valley Railway locomotive 'Charwelton' recently moved to the Avon Valley Railway in preparation for testing and commissioning prior to its return to service at K&ESR. Its rebuild has included a new 180psi boiler, new cylinders & tyres...

    19 Aug 2026 la 18:22
  13. Breva a atașat un fișier la subiectul GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    The fascia boards do have bolts in them already, I'm not sure why there are G clamps, except perhaps to wind you up? [ATTACH] In this picture the bolts are being fitted. You can also see the complicated layers of material to make everything fit...

    IMG_20260817_124911667~2.jpg 17 Aug 2026 la 22:11