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  1. Miff liked Streetert's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    [ATTACH] https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/09/bridge-19-iii-early-sep-26-update.html Its been a while since I've been here. News and life is moving so fast on this Railway. (No feet were used this side of the fence wire).

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  2. Miff liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Thanks. The gates across the end of Austens bridge are there for the construction period only. Simply to deter trespass on to the construction site. Mike

    Sep 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM

  3. Miff liked meeee's post in the thread WANTED 60lb Bullhead Track.

    Double head and Bull Head are two different things. Double head is symmetrical in cross section and theoretically can be turned over. In reality it doesn't work like that. Replaced on the main line but there's still a lot in use in sidings. The...

    Sep 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM

  4. Miff liked jnc's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    I understand your desire to point out the contradiction, and I get the joke, but I feel the need to be pedantic, and observe that in the real world, languages appropriate vocabulary from each other all the time. Ironically, English (the focus of...

    Sep 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM

  5. Miff replied to the thread WANTED 60lb Bullhead Track.

    Page 10 (An Old Potts Chair) of the Spring 2012 edition of the Col. Stephens Society journal says the Col. found (and re-used) 60 lb/yd "double head wrought iron rails" when reconstructing the ‘Potts’ into what became the Shropshire &...

    Sep 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM

  6. Miff liked jnc's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    That one, "Section 5b, Section overview - 1", has been added to with another, Section 5a Section overview. I seem to recall reading somewhere that there was hope that the ballast needed to underlay the track could be brought in by rail...

    Aug 31, 2026 at 7:12 PM

  7. Miff liked Fireline's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    30065 "Maunsell" has made it's first moves in steam following overhaul. More work still to be done, and no date for entry into traffic as yet.

    Aug 30, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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