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  1. Dan Hill liked alexl102's post in the thread Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present.

    More Malachite is always welcome!

    Aug 19, 2026 at 12:17 PM

  2. Dan Hill liked John Petley's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.

    I'm another small shareholder in SLL and I too support this move. The MNLPS has said in the past that one loco is quite enough, but SLL said in the past that it wasn't interested in main line running. Being willing to re-think as circumstances...

    Aug 19, 2026 at 8:06 AM

  3. Dan Hill replied to the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.

    I would have thought 35022 would have been a more likely candidate (which in some ways would have been full circle, as the MNLPS original choice for preservation), with no restoration work planned for it and seemingly no work carried out on...

    Aug 18, 2026 at 10:28 PM

  4. Dan Hill liked Flying Phil's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.

    There is news about 35025, as SLL shareholders are being asked to approve the transfer of Brocklebank Line to the Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Society (they own and run "Clan Line"). As 35025 had fallen behind both Sidmouth and Sir...

    Aug 18, 2026 at 10:10 PM

  5. Dan Hill liked Rander's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.

    Email has just gone out from MNLPS that sets out this is not their intention, though the boiler will be given high priority so that Clan Line can use it if necessary. I believe '25's boiler is in pretty good condition.

    Aug 18, 2026 at 10:07 PM

  6. Dan Hill replied to the thread Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present.

    I wonder what the prospects are of a triple Malachite line up in the near future is? With s21C107 due to return next year, 21C123 having it's boiler worked on and 34081 due to go in for overhaul very soon it could end up being a possibility....

    Aug 18, 2026 at 9:56 PM

  7. Dan Hill replied to the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.

    Sounds like an interesting development. In Steam Railway's latest issue SLL said that they felt of all their on going restorations, it was probably the easiest to tackle, but as you say it's at the bottom of the list of priorities right now,...

    Aug 18, 2026 at 2:53 PM

  8. Dan Hill liked Spamcan81's post in the thread Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present.

    I've been mightily entertained by wibble on another forum where the matter of 34007's tender was being discussed. All manner of solutions were being proposed but nobody ever mentioned the possibility of 34081's tender being the answer. A few...

    Aug 18, 2026 at 12:17 PM

  9. Dan Hill replied to the thread Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present.

    In the Down Main section it says that negotiations with a main line operating company haven't begun yet for 34007, but the hope is that it'll be on the mainline by mid 2028, after spending 2027 running in on the MHR. The SLL feature says that...

    Aug 17, 2026 at 10:35 PM

  10. Dan Hill replied to the thread Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present.

    New issue of Steam Railway has arrived today and has seemingly answered my question and the plans for it going mainline. According to them, the loco will carry it's 1948 transitional livery of Malachite Green with the number s21C107 on it's...

    Aug 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM

  11. Dan Hill liked Breva's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    The canopy is being lifted in at the moment: [ATTACH]

    IMG_20260817_124652945~2.jpg Aug 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM

  12. Dan Hill replied to the thread Saphos Trains 2026.

    Southern posted yesterday about a track inspection taking place between Polegate and Hampden Park and later that repairs on a section of track where the ground has moved are taking place and that section will remain closed until at least Monday,...

    Aug 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM

  13. Dan Hill replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/08/northbridge-level-crossing-9-road-is.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcATsWuBjbGNrBOxas3Bkb2YBZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEedMTHqHnNAxPmWUXTWZbQ99p4ThbF5EJwP95FI2snzM-kvV0KqdkB331TJ_s_aem_T6i5GZOmiv96r...

    Aug 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM

  14. Dan Hill liked H Cloutt's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Northbridge street level crossing nearly finished.

    Aug 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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