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Johnme101 liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Mid-Hants Railway | Watercress Line | Spring Steam Gala 24th-26th April 2026.
Very nice to meet up at Medstead and Four Marks station, great chatting with you. And I do like your varied coverage of today. My day didn't go to plan after my 09.00 arrival for a full day at Medstead. On parking my car I noticed some minor...
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Johnme101 liked 6026 King John's post in the thread Mid-Hants Railway | Watercress Line | Spring Steam Gala 24th-26th April 2026.
Beautiful day down in Hampshire today. The countryside really does look glorious when the sun comes out! Gala went went well today - everything ran almost to time and the locos all seemed to behave themselves! It was obviously the right move...
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Johnme101 liked Adam Tandy's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
Had a very enjoyable visit to the SVR today, was great to travel behind 4930 'Hagley Hall' for the first time since completion of its overhaul (and in matching GWR stock, no less). The afternoon brake van trip behind the L&YR Pug was a positively...
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Johnme101 liked Matt78's post in the thread The Gwili Railway thread.
Moorbarrow has now returned home after 13 months away at the EVR. The TSO has also entered traffic after the comprehensive repairs.
26. Travanj 2026. u 09:56
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Johnme101 liked green five's post in the thread Mid-Hants Railway | Watercress Line | Spring Steam Gala 24th-26th April 2026.
We had a cracking day on the railway today despite the problems encountered with 68067 in the morning and the line side fires in the afternoon. The staff and volunteers all handled the problems brilliantly and kept everyone updated with the...
25. Travanj 2026. u 09:55
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Johnme101 liked big.stu's post in the thread NVR Wagon Group Updates.
The last few sessions have been fairly low key, mainly concentrating on tidying and reorganizing stuff at Overton, a little bit of 60s re-enacting in Nene Park with the road vehicles (which meant a grocers delivery bike for yours truly!), and a...
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Johnme101 liked wazza588's post in the thread SVR Spring Steam Gala 16-19 April 2026.
A few photos from the weekend: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Richard
24. Travanj 2026. u 10:20
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Johnme101 liked 3ABescot's post in the thread SVR Spring Steam Gala 16-19 April 2026.
Spectacular stuff from Judy in the videos, thanks! [ATTACH] I’ve added my shot of auto tank and Port Talbot tank entering Bewdley on Thursday afternoon. It was mentioned in my early post but didn’t upload.
24. Travanj 2026. u 10:19
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Johnme101 liked Andy B's post in the thread 76077.
Another month rolls by! We finally have an idea of the final cost to complete the boiler from here on in, but before that’s published we’re looking at how we finance this and of course let our shareholders and supporters know. In Devon, work has...
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Johnme101 liked 3ABescot's post in the thread SVR Spring Steam Gala 16-19 April 2026.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I went on Thursday only, I was mainly interested in the goods train at the north end of the line, but fancied a run behind the Duke and the sight of Pug and Judy being prepared - as I...
22. Travanj 2026. u 07:47
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Johnme101 liked Spamcan81's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
A pleasant day in the Sussex countryside on Sunday. 2999 sounded and looked good, even if a tad out of place on green Mk.1 stock. 65 on the vintage set was very nice. [img]2026-04-19 GWR SAINT 4-6-0 2999 HORSTED HOUSE FARM - BLUEBELL RLY 040 by...
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Johnme101 liked Respite's post in the thread Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates.
47298 arrived last Friday on a hire agreement.
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Johnme101 liked James McLeish's post in the thread SVR Spring Steam Gala 16-19 April 2026.
My own efforts from the weekend, many thanks as usual to all the staff and volunteers that make these events possible! No surprise that both trains ran by the visitors seemed to be most popular, and Sunday morning's unique 'Duke & Judy'...
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Johnme101 liked alts1985's post in the thread Epping Ongar Steam Gala 17-19 April.
Very nice couple of days at the gala, spent Friday travelling and around North Weald, Sunday afternoon on the bridge at Coopersale for a couple of hours. When I arrived Sunday a lineside fire was just developing so the 2.24/2.27 Epping Forest...
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