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John Petley liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
The Southern used a mix and to an extent shopped around to get the best price. The general picture though was that to a large extent, the LSWR used Welsh coal. Much of it was brought by ship across the Bristol Channel to Fremington Quay in North...
Oct 30, 2024 at 9:01 AM -
John Petley liked Foxontour's post in the thread Strathspey Railway.
The blog for 92219 is now live. The link below should take you to the first entry, but then goes into the latest entry, so you have to work from the bottom if you want to view it in order....
Oct 28, 2024 at 9:44 AM -
John Petley liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Saphos 2024.
It should have a steam loco on the back. :) Bryan
Oct 28, 2024 at 9:37 AM -
John Petley liked Keith Sergeant's post in the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2024.
45212 passing Brock working 5Z60 0730 Carnforth Steamtown to Preston 27/10/24. [ATTACH]
Oct 28, 2024 at 9:36 AM
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John Petley liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Seemed to be going well on the first train at Dickers and the last one at Quarr Crossing. Bookending a day of chores, not helped by the dishwasher being u/s and "Dishwasher Repair Man" being on holiday. As he said get out those Marigolds. Forget...
Oct 26, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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John Petley liked Steve Sienkiewicz's post in the thread Northern Belle 2024.
Passing the site of Burton and Holme station, heading north from Carnforth this morning......(don't mention the telegraph pole!)............... [ATTACH]
Oct 26, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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John Petley replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Lovely shot. I guess we'll next see the Q in SR livery as No. 541. Good to ring the changes, especially where there is only one survivor of a class which wore several different liveries, but running as 30541, the Q evoked the feel of railtours in...
Oct 25, 2024 at 7:36 PM -
John Petley liked BR 73082's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Slight tangent to the current discussion but one from the 2015 Giants of Steam gala that I've always been fond of but never got round to processing until now: [IMG]
Oct 25, 2024 at 7:30 PM -
John Petley liked free2grice's post in the thread British Pullman 2024.
News from the MNLPS. <BJ> ''Safely back at Victoria after todays tour around Kent with British Pullman. We will be back out again next week with another Golden Age Of Travel tour''. [IMG]
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John Petley liked TheModster's post in the thread British Pullman 2024.
Powering over the Luton Arches at Chatham, and slogging through Penge East on the return: [MEDIA]
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John Petley replied to the thread British Pullman 2024.
Well, the Met Office was in rather poor form today. I had planned to go to Dover to see Clan Line but the forecast was for only sporadic sunny intervals by mid-morning and cloud throughout the afternoon. Here in East Sussex, the cloud duly...
Oct 24, 2024
