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martin1656 replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
It's certainly a lot more involved than just obtaining the land, then clearing it, but hopefully having got access to the track bed now, and fencing looks to have begun, some work can begin later next year, i would imagine that earthworks will...
Dec 2, 2023 at 7:43 PM -
martin1656 liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Forecast for today implied mainly sunshine with the possibility of frost early on. Forecast was wrong. Fog for all three daylight Polar runs, car said it was minus 1 for the first image and a balmy 3 C for the other three. I do find fog images...
Dec 2, 2023 at 6:40 PM -
martin1656 replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Once again this is how to show you're going to be good neibours, by respecting their wishes and working with them, hopefully over time the landowners will come to accept the railway, and the benefit it would have on the local economy.
Dec 2, 2023 at 3:25 PM -
martin1656 liked Fireline's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
The RVR blog has made one thing very clear. The whole length of line is going to be a construction site. Given the problems we have had with the landowners, they have asked that the site is not visited by anyone without permission. We'd be...
Dec 2, 2023 at 3:22 PM -
martin1656 replied to the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Pat, under the casing, its really one of the class 20's :)
Dec 1, 2023 at 5:48 AM -
martin1656 replied to the thread Tornado.
If I remember when the engine was rewheeled, no problems were found, so it has to be the boiler, and work done to the firebox, I'm not a boilersmith, but i do know about heating and cooling cycles, I have a question, On a steel firebox, do you...
Dec 1, 2023 at 5:43 AM -
martin1656 replied to the thread Tornado.
The better solution may have been to delay until the boiler for the p2 was ready, and then have fitted that, assuming that the boiler also won't have the same issues, then cut out the corners and throat plate fit in new sections,this time...
Nov 29, 2023 at 8:13 PM -
martin1656 replied to the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Some people are never satisfied, had the loco not been made available at very short notice, the second lights train would have had to have been the 2mt with diesel on the rear no doubt, and working, and some would have moaned about that, or even...
Nov 29, 2023 at 8:05 PM -
martin1656 replied to the thread Tornado.
Thats what auto - correct corrected it to, the correct word would have been radius
Nov 29, 2023 at 9:04 AM -
martin1656 replied to the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
if the tour was worked back to Woking with steam on the rear though. it would then be facing right way for steam to lead running on the Bournemouth main line back to Wareham, thence.to Swanage,
Nov 28, 2023
