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Breva liked brennan's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The fuel/air mix , unless some very sophisticated controls have been installed, is manually controlled. Achieving smokeless combustion on flash up is practically impossible but the control of smoke when under load will improve as crews gain...
May 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM -
Breva liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
Those 25NC were wonderful Cape Gauge (3 ft 6 inch) mixed traffic 4-8-4s. Below is 3467 on the 21 coach up Oranje Express on 12 July 1991. Some years after the train was dieselised, but returned to steam sometimes towards the end as part of the...
May 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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Breva replied to the thread A day out in the Cotswolds.
My wife cannot believe how you drove down the narrow road at Aston Sub Edge... She's convinced it's AI.
May 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM -
Breva liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
June 1990 and I think this is possibly the first time I filmed a 25NC, in this case 25NC 3432 on a complete container train. The 4-8-4 is heading through the slightly less semi-arid Karoo as it approaches Heuningneskloof station on train 2415...
May 5, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Breva liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I've now received the papers, and am digesting them. At a first glance, they appear a reasonable analysis of a current problem, and put forward some logical proposals. They also avoid plunging head first into the NYMR pattern. As a member, I'm...
May 5, 2026 at 10:16 AM
