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free2grice liked 5944's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
It's in plain black anyway! It's not a massive change. It's still plain, boring, unlined black, but they've swapped a large colourful logo on the tender for another one. If it was 563, 672, 263, etc having a full repainted into plain black I...
May 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM -
free2grice replied to the thread Vintage Trains 2025.
Booked to be on the rear. [BJ]
May 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM -
free2grice liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
See post 7818 above: A - 34059, 5 Mark 1s B - 32424, 4 Maunsells + LNWR OBO WR (Sat) / GA (Sun) - 80151 Saturday evening Pullman is 34059. Remember - it’s the launch into service of Maunsell 3687 and the four coach Maunsell set. It ran in the...
May 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM -
free2grice replied to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Bryan, if you look at the Swanage events page, you'll find that the Champagne Afternoon Tea trains use the observation car. As these are steam hauled you can rule out the dates given. [BJ]
May 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM -
free2grice liked alts1985's post in the thread GWSR Cotswold Festival of Steam | 24th-26th of May 2025.
I was very nearly left on Cheltenham platform this afternoon with all my family on the train as I got off to get bits from cafe and was watching the locos run round expecting no.15 to arrive with a freight when suddenly the signal went down! A...
May 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM -
free2grice liked Barrie Childs's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
A similar conclusion seems to have been reached on the Isle of Purbeck, albeit after spending a considerable sum on the Wareham dream. Sometimes it is good to learn from the experience of others.
May 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM -
free2grice liked nanstallon's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Frankly, the wish to run a regular service into Taunton reflects only the nostalgia of when the Minehead branch was open. That was the ethos in the 1970s, and I would love to have seen that achieved. However, the world has changed and the WSR...
May 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM -
free2grice liked ghost's post in the thread 71000.
Good to see that you have your ego in check...
May 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM -
free2grice replied to the thread GWSR Cotswold Festival of Steam | 24th-26th of May 2025.
For intending visitors, be aware that the northbound M5 is closed between Gloucester and Cheltenham. [BJ]
May 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM -
free2grice liked Jamessquared's post in the thread GWSR Cotswold Festival of Steam | 24th-26th of May 2025.
Just got back, had a good time at a line I haven't visited since Green Arrow and City of Truro visited (about 2007 I think). I think I hadn't really picked up until now quite how substantial a railway it is - Winchcombe and Toddington both being...
May 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
