MikeParkin65's Recent Activity
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MikeParkin65 liked free2grice's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
Bad publicity? [BJ]
Jun 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM -
MikeParkin65 liked Richard D's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
All 9 Scotsman trains sold out within 3 hours of bookings open.
Jun 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM -
MikeParkin65 liked acorb's post in the thread The 10A Allocation.
Have to disagree with you there, 48151 carved a very good niche on the S&C with heavy loads and was suprisingly sprightly in the right hands. It has a 50mph limit BTW, so on lines with a 60mph limit it isn't too bad to path. It did cause chaos...
Jun 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM -
MikeParkin65 liked Sidmouth's post in the thread The 10A Allocation.
Having dealt with WC , they are much better than many give them credit for . They were very helpful in moving no.9 to Shildon when 8 &10 first arrived from North America . For many years their endeavours on the West Highland steam bashes were...
Jun 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM -
MikeParkin65 liked 2857Harry's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
A notice has just been issued saying railway will reopen in full on Friday 25th July; and it will be with 60103 Flying Scotsman at the head of the train.
Jun 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM -
MikeParkin65 liked NathanP's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
All over local news websites as well, so the SVR publicity wheel is in full spin!
Jun 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM -
MikeParkin65 liked 5944's post in the thread Saphos 2025.
As I posted a couple of pages back, 9.5" of rain at Ribblehead in the last few weeks and a few hundred feet of lineside still got set alight. There's plenty of fresh growth, but there's still a lot of last year's dead foliage around. After this...
Jun 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
