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

    I am hoping 9129 will stay in use beyond the extension. It's ideal for things like getting forestry teams to work sites, where presently we have to use a DMU.

    Sep 15, 2026 at 7:28 AM

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

    The type in use as personnel carriers on the Trans Pennine Upgrade 4 tracking are by Thwaites and are converted Road rail 5 Tonne Dumpers They have been in use since the mid 90's often on worksites that are a distance from an access or are in a...

    Sep 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM

  3. Miff liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    We walked quite a bit today, not enough track to run on. I heard we have laid 27% of the track so far, and the target for the end of this working week is to join up with another bit, and make it 39%. One of us ascertained that he took 14.000...

    Sep 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM

  4. Miff liked Nick C's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    What a useful bit of kit!

    Sep 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM

  5. Miff replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Some time ago Baguley Drewry railcar 9129 was purchased for use on the extension. It’s a lightweight vehicle considered capable of transporting up to 14 people to a worksite over newly laid track. Here’s a blog entry from last year....

    Sep 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM

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

    The pace is really set by civil engineering (bridges/ drainage/ embankments to be rebuilt, coupled with accessibility. Thats why its being done in a particular order, rather than sequentially.

    Sep 13, 2026 at 7:19 AM

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

    Patience! Track laying is generally one week per month, not every week. You ask when our wonderful K&ESR volunteer P Way team will run out of trackbed - the construction programme anticipates we run out of trackbed on which to lay any more track...

    Sep 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM

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

    [IMG] Charwelton running in at the Avon Valley Railway. Adam Bryant's photo, borrowed from Facebook.

    Sep 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM

  9. Miff liked 40044's post in the thread Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society.

    Here's our latest video looking at the running traction motor and the brake system [MEDIA]

    Sep 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM

  10. Miff replied to the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    Tigger …. TTFN [MEDIA]

    Sep 9, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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