There is definitely a spare Pannier boiler. There was a bit of swapping around 10-2p years ago I think. From the Pannier scrapped at Barry. Not...
Thanks Tom. That was exactly the point I was making. Or trying to make. I knew a loco owner who did most of the overhaul himself, but wasn't a...
Can I politely suggest that an 80 year old machinist may not be suited to pulling coal forward in a yard or getting up at 2am to get a fire going?...
I have a few days in Amsterdam next month. What's the best railway easily accessible from the city? Many thanks.
The shade of green looks funny to me. Maybe correct for that period, but it doesn't seem quite right to the eye.
With 6024 returning to steam at Crewe, would it be right to say that 60019 and 45321 are the two locos in the workshop now? The two Merchants...
34016 has donated alot of small and large components to 35018 and 34067. I am under the impression that there is absolutely no intention of ever...
As I understand it from someone involved in one of the said locos, the contracts include a guaranteed minimum number of steamings every year, at a...
Depending on how you look at it, the major cost of the gala is moving two large tender engines across the country - £20,000 ish? Next weekend the...
9F at 1700 on Saturday.
I went on the Saturday and took my two boys, aged 2 and 5 and it was a bit too crowded for comfort. Standing by a toilet unable to see anything...
How easy is the railway to get to from England by public transport?? Looks an interesting event although the website isn't the clearest. Would...
I can't find a thread so have started this. According to their FB page. The 4253 group have today at their AGM discussed a plan to overhaul 4270...
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