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  1. Chris86 replied to the thread Riley and Son Ltd: Locomotive Engineers.

    Great to see, must be a massive bit of excitement for the owning group. Wonder what's happening to 45212?

    Apr 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
  2. Chris86 liked Mark Thompson's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    It seems utterly ridiculous. Jˌjust to park at bloody car at a provincial railway station. Perhaps better to just park the car, and then ignore any follow-ups as being "sorry, I'm not on line". Personally, I'm sick of these functions which are...

    Apr 15, 2026 at 6:34 PM
  3. Chris86 liked jnc's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    Geotechnical engineering knowledge was approximately zero in that day and age, basically. E.g. I seem to recall, in the original Chicken Curve repair, that when they dug down, the found a buried grass layer; the earth of the original embankment...

    Apr 14, 2026 at 9:54 PM
  4. Chris86 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Could be for safe access, looks like the start of a scaffold stairway with uppermost landing in place with ladder access.

    Apr 14, 2026 at 9:53 PM
  5. Chris86 liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I'm not sure the EA would have anything to do with it - the watercourse there is not an EA "main river" as far as I can see so the LLFA would be the local council. Unless there's some other reason I've probably missed? Sent from my PGT-N19...

    Apr 14, 2026 at 9:50 PM
  6. Chris86 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Any news from the meeting?

    Apr 14, 2026 at 7:10 AM
  7. Chris86 liked Jonnie's post in the thread Spa Valley Railway - Latest News.

    We're quite lucky in that we haven't any cables between High Rocks and Groombridge that need to go over the bridge. It is rather a plain structure that'll now be gradually paid off over two years and fade into memory as a significant project...

    Apr 13, 2026 at 11:13 PM
  8. Chris86 liked 26D_M's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.

    No, in their own words they've "decided to fit CDL", any "agreement" is to comply with the law, which is kind of a prerequisite for running a business in a regulated sector of industry ....

    Apr 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
  9. Chris86 liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.

    That's what WCR claim. I'm not sure close partnership would be a phrase used by the ORR where WCR are concerned.

    Apr 13, 2026 at 8:16 PM
  10. Chris86 liked 26D_M's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.

    Yes, the statement from WC has a strong element of "the Jacobite would commence tomorrow but the ORR won't let us". The truth being ORR has made the conditions for what WC wish to do explicit for several years and WC has resisted until the point...

    Apr 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM