Sorry if my previous post has caused some confusion and especially if it sounded as if I regarded the other ex-Barry locos as write-offs. Far from...
I'm surprised not to see more pictures/videos of this event. What a brilliant start to the year! I'm glad to note that on the Swanage Railway...
I am younger still than most of the posters who have recorded their memories of their perception of the imminence of the end of steam, being only...
My apologies if there is a thread somewhere which has already answered this question, but when you consider that Steam Dreams and Saphos are both...
I think that if Saphos offers a few more trains like this (or 71000's recent unassisted run to Carlisle), last-minute bookings aren't going to be...
Off the top of my head.
Judging by a recent photo and report in the "Tenterden Terrier", it looks as if 2-8-0T No. 4253 has a good chance of returning to steam at the...
I'm not surprised you say that it can be a bit touch and go. Even when things go well, it must require almost military precison to organise a day...
Lovely shot. I must have been right next to you. Perfect weather for the Eastbourne run last year, also in 2023. By the law of averages, hardly...
This is the big question. Since the start of the West Coast CDL saga RTC seems to have managed better than I for one was expecting. The "coffins"...
I'd agree with these observations.I was there on the Saturday and the trains were well loaded but I had no problem finding a seat. By contrast, I...
35007 did a run from Litlehampton to Victoria on 18th October 1964 as part of a railtour that also visited Midhurst and Kemp Town. Others may know...
That, unfortunately is the result of trying to run steam over the very intensively-trafficked Brighton Main Line. Over 100 years ago, the LB&SCR's...
On the corresponding run in 2023. Motive power was Bahamas. Tangmere also took the pullmans over this line on Novermber 2022. Last year's RTC...
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