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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    From the “what’s new” page: Bluebell locomotives have now run 1.5 million miles since we started operating in August 1960! This is made up of...
    Post by: Jamessquared, Jul 19, 2019 at 9:29 AM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway Operations

    I suspect that's rather over-sensitive. When all is said and done, the dots on the side of a loco in heritage usage are just livery, and I don't...
    Post by: Jamessquared, Jul 18, 2019 at 7:01 PM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    No, but some of them ran with ancient Beattie tenders of about 1800 gallons capacity, right through to much larger tenders of over 3000 gallons....
    Post by: Jamessquared, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:21 AM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    As others have said, an A12 or T1 isn't likely to arise from the Bluebell. (I'd also point out that from our point of view at least, our loco...
    Post by: Jamessquared, Jul 17, 2019 at 8:58 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    34039 Boscastle WC class

    Chapter and verse: http://www.southern-locomotives.co.uk/Class_Details/Bulleid_Light_Pacific_Tenders.html Tom
    Post by: Jamessquared, Jul 17, 2019 at 3:55 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Swanage Railway General Discussion

    You are arguing for a public transport function though. For that to be viable (i.e. make regular journeys from Swanage to Bournemouth viable...
    Post by: Jamessquared, Jul 17, 2019 at 12:28 PM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK