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Dan Hill liked Chris86's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
I feel like this is great news, and I hope that the feeling from inside the organisations involved is similar! I do hope that 35025 does return to the mainline, I have memories of seeing her at Loughborough when I was younger and thinking that...
Aug 23, 2026 at 5:46 PM -
Dan Hill liked Johnb's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
My connection with MNLPS took a long time, I spent a lot of time in 66/7 travelling on and photographing what was the last steam main line and often had the financial misfortune to encounter someone from MNLPS shaking a collecting tin . I don't...
Aug 23, 2026 at 5:46 PM -
Dan Hill liked green five's post in the thread Mid-Hants Railway | Autumn Steam Gala | 2nd-4th October 2026.
I think it is a great line up. 6989 will get families attending the event which is good for the railway's finances and future. Okay so the Hall isn't in her correct livery but taking black and white shots will overcome that issue. A shame that...
Aug 23, 2026 at 4:50 PM -
Dan Hill liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
A few more track laying pictures from end of last week at: https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/08/section-5c-track-laying-6-aug-26-5c.html
Aug 23, 2026 at 1:10 PM -
Dan Hill liked John Petley's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
I hope your post and communications with MNLPS members will reassure people such as such as @Steamage (See his post #309). He has raised some perfectly valid points - to which I could add the issue of support crews if both 35025 and 35028 were...
Aug 22, 2026 at 10:23 PM -
Dan Hill liked 5944's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
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Aug 22, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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Dan Hill liked S.A.C. Martin's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
Please do be patient with us as we work out the details. I have noted my inbox and responded as best I can but have and will continue to refer people to the press statement above and to refer to our communications officer. Please do not reach...
Aug 22, 2026 at 12:37 PM -
Dan Hill liked jnc's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
A small flood of new updates: Northbridge level crossing - 11.2 Further Aug update Rail movements in Aug '26 Section 5c Track Laying - 5 Aug 26 5c extension Northbridge Level Crossing - 12.1 Connection to the track Northbridge Level Crossing -...
Aug 21, 2026 at 5:09 PM -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
