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Fred Kerr liked City_Steam's post in the thread K&WVR Steam Gala 19-22 March 2026.
Sunshine (mostly) and a Castle...a perfect weekend of sight and sound. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Mar 23, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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Fred Kerr liked Romsey's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
If you really wanted smoke, the GMA/M locos provided plenty. 4059 at Dwartsvlei in April 1979. ( Be careful how you walk along the cess of char, there may still be some glowing coals .... ) Cheers, Neil
Mar 22, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Fred Kerr liked Oswald T Wistle's post in the thread Saphos: Blue Peter to Carlisle - 12/02/26; Sir Nigel Gresley - 11/03/26; Britannia - 8/04/26.
Some horsepower calculations, using the RPS spreadsheet, NR measured gradients, my GPS data (northbound) and Graham’s posted log (southbound). All the usual caveats about inherent uncertainties with values given to the nearest 25 and an estimated...
Mar 21, 2026 at 12:17 AM -
Fred Kerr liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
25NC 3441 blasting up the grades near Perdevlei, between De Aar and the summit at Behrshoek on 28 July 1991. Not that long after a freezing dawn in the wonderful Karoo region. A frame grabbed from a low res MPEG4 digitisation of a Hi-8 camera...
Mar 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Fred Kerr liked nige757's post in the thread 89001 restoration.
89001 on the second loaded test run both ways through the Lune Gorge, arriving twenty four minutes early at Tebay, apologies as I had a few focus issues on the return leg. [MEDIA]
Mar 20, 2026 at 11:56 PM -
Fred Kerr replied to the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
Always amazed at the weather in July. Early morn (07:30) Deep-frost on windscreen, 0830 warm enough to wear shorts, 0930 sunbathing at the lineside. On one occasion our group arrived at hotel with dust stained car but overnight rain meant shining...
Mar 19, 2026 at 1:31 AM -
Fred Kerr replied to the thread Statfold Barn Spectacle of Steam 7&8 March.
You obviously failed to read @Britfoamers post in which he suggested that the working locos would be "drawn from" that list hence my correction for those who thought the same. Apologies that I failed to mention Hunslet 4524 which was substituting...
Mar 19, 2026 at 1:25 AM
