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  1. Johnb liked Britfoamer's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    Having been a formulary chemist in water based cleaning in the past, we had a good saying - "Save water - dilute it!"

    Aug 10, 2026 at 9:58 PM

  2. Johnb liked torgormaig's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    Yes and yes. Very wet up here last week with plenty of "liquid sunshine". Not much that could be set fire to around here. Good to enjoy some of the real stuff (sunshine) today. Peter in Fort William

    Aug 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM

  3. Johnb replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    Is the Jacobite now steam again, they’ve had a lot of rain up there?

    Aug 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM

  4. Johnb replied to the thread 6024 King Edward 1.

    The livery is wrong for a double chimney King so that doesn’t matter

    Aug 8, 2026 at 11:09 AM

  5. Johnb liked 2857Harry's post in the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    75069 returned in December 2018, as a complete engine, and has been used extensively since. It doesn’t matter how many times you overhaul, etc and how much the job is done, you still need the regular V&P work, etc. So it needs to be limited...

    Aug 6, 2026 at 8:45 PM

  6. Johnb replied to the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    Zero chance of that I would have thought. It’s not registered with WC, there’s the cost of getting it up there and would the support crew want to do it? At least a week away from home sleeping in the support coach wouldn’t be much fun.

    Aug 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM

  7. Johnb replied to the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    I think it’s understood that the detailed arrangements are between the SVR and the Mogul fund and no one else. The one thing that needs to be acknowledged is the huge commitment in terms of the extra work involved especially for the engineers and...

    Aug 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM

  8. Johnb replied to the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    I agree that using railway owned locomotives and volunteers is a big drain on resources, I think this was why the Mid Hants gave up with their green train but the Mogul Fund has its own volunteers and is funding the additional costs of getting...

    Aug 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM

  9. Johnb liked LMS2968's post in the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    I don't want to get into the SVR's politics but I imagine that, like the last set of main line outings, the engine's use off the SVR will be restricted to off-season dates when they run shorter trains with the smaller engines. I don't off hand...

    Aug 6, 2026 at 8:54 AM

  10. Johnb replied to the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    I’ve seen the engine’s capabilities several times, as someone has said it wasn’t called the mighty mogul for nothing. I was thinking of the time it will take to kit it out for mainline running in 2026 and get it all tested. Will it need a support...

    Aug 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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