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Dan Hills letzte Aktivitäten

  1. Dan Hill gefällt Wagoniesters Beitrag in dem Thema Great Central Winter Steam Gala 22nd-25th January 2026.

    I don't get involved in petty disputes, but it's been amusing watching all the comments on social media complaining about the locomotive "facing the wrong direction" and how people are saying they will "no longer be attending" because of that -...

    15 Januar 2026 um 11:45

  2. Dan Hill gefällt Johann Marsbars Beitrag in dem Thema Great Central Winter Steam Gala 22nd-25th January 2026.

    I did read that the van train is being "rested" this year to enable refurbishment/repainting to be carried out on the vehicles in the rake.

    15 Januar 2026 um 09:14

  3. Dan Hill antwortete auf das Thema Great Central Winter Steam Gala 22nd-25th January 2026.

    In regard to the freight workings, am I right in thinking that the GCR has been rotating it's different freight sets around each year and if so, am I right in thinking that this year it'll be the Windcutters and Tankers?

    14 Januar 2026 um 18:44

  4. Dan Hill antwortete auf das Thema Great Central Winter Steam Gala 22nd-25th January 2026.

    South is facing Leicester North, North is facing Loughborough Central

    14 Januar 2026 um 05:41

  5. Dan Hill gefällt Wagoniesters Beitrag in dem Thema Great Central Winter Steam Gala 22nd-25th January 2026.

    Something I haven't seen mentioned/pushed much - 92134 will become 92043 for the event, the identity of an example once shedded locally.

    11 Januar 2026 um 22:41

  6. Dan Hill antwortete auf das Thema Great Central Winter Steam Gala 22nd-25th January 2026.

    Booked up my train travel to come up for the event on the Saturday, although I have to come up from East Grinstead thanks to Engineering work taking place each weekend in January between Gatwick and East Croydon. The 9F is my big draw, as I...

    11 Januar 2026 um 14:42

  7. Dan Hill gefällt torgormaigs Beitrag in dem Thema Bluebell Railway | Spring Steam Gala | 20th-22nd March 2026.

    Dan my pictures show W8 and W11 over in February 2001 and W8 returned again in November 2006 with other visiting Terriers 32678 and 662. No sign of 70/3 as you call it in 2006. Looking through my pictures from back then, here is an unususl view...

    01-2-17 12 W11 copy copy.jpg 10 Januar 2026 um 12:15

  8. Dan Hill antwortete auf das Thema Bluebell Railway | Spring Steam Gala | 20th-22nd March 2026.

    Do we know whether the timetable is based off a Branch Line Weekend/65th Anniversary Gala format, with locos swapping sets at Horsted Keynes or a Giants of Steam one? My guess with the number of locos running would be the former?

    10 Januar 2026 um 11:07

  9. Dan Hill gefällt 21Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    Understandable, but I suspect that something like 10% of the revenue earned by the railway in 2026 will come from this visit. Perhaps a greater % even of the profit will be from this event. The hard reality is that the events that tend not to be...

    8 Januar 2026
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