الأنشطة الأخيرة الخاصة بـ mdewell
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أعجب mdewell بمشاركة 2857Harry' في موضوع SVR General Discussion.
I will just place on here a big thankyou to everyone who attended or operated the Branchline Weekend this weekend. I can categorically state it’s been a super weekend, and the only complaints is that it’s been too busy! I mean for a heritage...
2 مارس 2026 في 9:27 صباحاً -
أعجب mdewell بمشاركة Jamessquared' في موضوع SVR General Discussion.
For an event in February? It's really hard to gauge demand for such an event - on the one hand, there is a constituency who might think "there's been no steam all winter, I'll go"; on the other had had the weather been poor, it might have killed...
2 مارس 2026 في 9:22 صباحاً -
أعجب mdewell بمشاركة 2857Harry' في موضوع SVR General Discussion.
As the person who wrote the timetable I can tell you it was exactly within the brief given to me. The Manor had to be back for Boogie Lights services, and the other trains were all themed to the Branchline event. I totally reject that it was...
2 مارس 2026 في 9:19 صباحاً -
أعجب mdewell بمشاركة Jamessquared' في موضوع Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
"Too many locos" is I think being harsh. The collection exists both to provide operational locos, and to be displayed when locos are out of traffic. It isn't there just to provide the smallest possible number of locos necessary to run the...
28 فبراير 2026 في 2:34 مساءاً -
أعجب mdewell بمشاركة 60044' في موضوع Rolling stock, restoration and new build projects.
Actually, I don't think there are many late build Pullmans out there that aren't in use - I think most of the Met-Camm ones are in use by their owners (as indeed are reasonable examples of earlier types) and valued as such, and in any case there...
27 فبراير 2026 في 12:06 مساءاً -
أعجب mdewell بمشاركة 60044' في موضوع Isle Of Man Steam Railway.
No the LNERCA haven't run out - we built up sufficient to restore all the carriages we then had, although since then we've acquired more carriages but, in fact, 4-5 years ago we bought a large lot from a timber merchant in Essex, who had stored...
26 فبراير 2026 في 8:52 صباحاً -
أعجب mdewell بمشاركة DavidW' في موضوع Wensleydale Railway Matters.
Well a fair bit has happened since my last update so I’ll attempt to list it off Another successful polar express season came and went On the Bedale Pway team we’ve spent a lot of time tackling drainage in various areas of the line the first...
26 فبراير 2026 في 8:50 صباحاً
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أعجب mdewell بمشاركة DavidW' في موضوع Wensleydale Railway Matters.
Then it was back to wrangling with the drainage our current task is clearing out concrete u channels that exist in the newton grange area Also while that’s been going on we have started receiving more track, sleepers from the former eggborough...
26 فبراير 2026 في 8:49 صباحاً
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أعجب mdewell بمشاركة Mr Valentine' في موضوع Didcot Railway Centre.
The 72 is being done by the Heavy Freight Group, who traditionally do their own restoration work and fundraising, and have done since the 1970's. It hasn't exactly been the fastest of restorations, and with the plethora of high-profile projects...
26 فبراير 2026 في 8:46 صباحاً -
المشاركة في موضوع Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
Pointless? How will they get on/off that section of track then? :D
25 فبراير 2026 في 8:48 صباحاً -
أعجب mdewell بمشاركة Mr Valentine' في موضوع Didcot Railway Centre.
Most of the stock at Didcot is actually owned by Great Western Preservations, basically just to protect the collection in the event the Society went under. So, it’s quite simple. You have the Hawksworth County at Didcot, which is owned by GWP...
25 فبراير 2026 في 8:39 صباحاً
