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  1. Mick45305 vond Rander's post leuk in het topic LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026.

    5Z37 Carnforth - Fort William in the system for Tuesday morning. Presumably a Jacobite set-swap. Then on Wednesday, there's another Crewe LSL - Carnforth Steamtown ECS round-trip, so looks like another steam loco on test and being turned and...

    17 aug 2026 om 13:06

  2. Mick45305 vond Ben Jenden's post leuk in het topic Severn Valley Autumn Steam Gala - 17 to 20 Sept.

    From social media this morning

    Screenshot_20260817_104207_Facebook.jpg 17 aug 2026 om 13:04

  3. Mick45305 vond torgormaig's post leuk in het topic 45212 goes mainline.

    It doesnt look like it will be active for the 60th anniversary of its final BR passenger turn, the 20.50 Preston - Blackpool on 3/8/68. This was the penultimate scheduled steam passenger working - and I was on it:D. What a pity. Peter

    16 aug 2026 om 22:57

  4. Mick45305 vond 46223's post leuk in het topic 45212 goes mainline.

    And here it is leaving Preston that night. I was on the very last one - to Liverpool with 45318. [ATTACH]

    Original photos_001.jpg 16 aug 2026 om 22:57

  5. Mick45305 vond acorb's post leuk in het topic Fire Risk.

    Worth noting that the people who complain about over interference from Government and 'Nanny State', are often the first ones to complain about lack of Government action and public information when something goes wrong.. 'Common Sense', so often...

    16 aug 2026 om 20:00

  6. Mick45305 vond torgormaig's post leuk in het topic Jacobite 2026.

    Well while much of the UK sweltered on the hottest day of the current heatwave here is Thursday afternoons Jacobite standing in a very wet Arisaig - no steam ban here:). At 21-22 degrees it was about 15 degrees cooler than some of the hottest...

    20260813_143135 copy.jpg 15 aug 2026 om 18:28

  7. Mick45305 vond nige757's post leuk in het topic RTC 2026.

    37706 tnt 47746 Work the Cumbrian Coast Express, seen from Arnside through to Grange over Sands. [MEDIA]

    15 aug 2026 om 18:27

  8. Mick45305 vond John Petley's post leuk in het topic Saphos Trains 2026.

    I must take my hat off to the signalmen who are responsible for the Brighton Man Line and East Sussex Coast lines. Today, a Statesman charter train was due to run from Derby to Eastbourne for the air show. By the time I checked Real Time Trains...

    15 aug 2026 om 18:25

  9. Mick45305 vond acorb's post leuk in het topic Fire Risk.

    This was the first time the system has been used on a broad basis and quite right too. Apparently issued at the request of the emergency services. It might drum some sense into those who seem completely oblivious to the danger, like the idiots...

    15 aug 2026 om 00:37

  10. Mick45305 vond Andy B's post leuk in het topic 76077.

    Mini mid month update! The cylinder boring has begun! With a number of engines requiring cylinder boring LMS have acquired their own kit to carry out operations in house. The cylinders on a std 4 mogul start at 17.5 inches and with only 11 years...

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  11. Mick45305 vond acorb's post leuk in het topic Vintage Trains 2026.

    Indeed, the advance notification & offer to VT shareholders was gratefully received and acted upon! Looking forward to the 8th November as never did get behind the Stanier Mogul on the mainline in its previous stint.

    14 aug 2026 om 12:52

  12. Mick45305 vond MuzTrem's post leuk in het topic 6024 King Edward 1.

    With its cut-down boiler mountings and slimline cylinders, 6024's appearance is no longer 'authentic' for any part of its working life. So, arguably, it really doesn't matter what colour they paint it now...

    12 aug 2026 om 12:56

  13. Mick45305 vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic Fire Risk.

    A lot of good points in there. To take the Bluebell as an example, we have something like 30 drivers, but only around half of them have diesel competence of some kind. Moreover, for the class 33 and class 201 that had generally lapsed at the...

    11 aug 2026 om 13:50

  14. Mick45305 vond Ben Jenden's post leuk in het topic ELR | Autumn Steam Gala | 16th-18th October 2026.

    SECR O1 No. 65 announced as third guest

    10 aug 2026

  15. Mick45305 vond Wagoniester's post leuk in het topic Mid-Hants Railway | Autumn Steam Gala | 2nd-4th October 2026.

    6989 Wightwick Hall confirmed as the third guest locomotive.

    10 aug 2026
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