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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Miff liked pmh_74's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    To be honest I wouldn't worry too much about those sorts of objections. The planners will read them, but the decision will be based on what the application says, not what someone believes it says when they apply conspiracy theories and read...

    Aug 27, 2026

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

    And here is the promised track laying visual summary: Section 5c Overview - 6 Aug 26 The plain images (in addition to the several pan- and zoom-able images) are worth enlarging; lots of interesting details to be seen there (e.g. stacked...

    Aug 27, 2026

  9. Miff liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    It is good to get the regular updates and see the steady progress of this project - Well Done to all involved.

    Aug 27, 2026
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