That website is ours, but it's miles out of date - I did a management buyout from Hal and Guy over three years ago, but have never got round to...
It's almost three years since I created this post - and so far I've gained two great employees via National Preservation, so maybe this site...
I'm fairly sure it's been moved recently to a private site (I think not rail connected) and is being actively worked on.
I'm afraid it could well have been paper thin. I've seen a number of things which have suddenly come out of ticket following a well aimed...
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Is it? I'm fairly sure it was at Peak Rail until very recently.
Mandrel expanded stays are a thing on the continent - we did a narrow gauge boiler with them recently. The design we used started with a long 6mm...
I think a lot depends on your diesel of choice. For a long while we had an six coupled industrial diesel with a Gardner driving through a 4 speed...
Hudswell 1682 departed GCRN to a private site for restoration today.
I think (know) he's content to remain anonymous. Doubtless it will become apparent who it is if anything ever happens with it. And no, it's not...
Just cutting the foundation ring off wouldn't give the throatplate much opportunity to move. It's held to the inner box via the stays and will be...
I find Robert Conquest's third law applies well to a great many heritage railway organisations (I've no insider knowledge of the A1 outfit)
You have to turn all coupled wheelsets to a very close diameter or bad things will happen with the wheels trying to turn at different RPM due to...
The problem clearance appears to be the wheel diameter - if the bottom of the throatplate has moved forwards for some reason, it will start to...
This blog post gives a hint of what's been done to the boiler at this overhaul. If they have had the foundation ring off and possibly also had...
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