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  1. RLinkinS liked neildimmer's post in the thread Severn Valley Autumn Steam Gala - 17 to 20 Sept.

    After staying overnight at The George Gurkha hotel at Bridgnorth, Saturday looked to be a better day weather forecast stated sunny spells all day, didn't say there would be a few very heavy showers, thankfully i was at Highley under one of the...

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  2. RLinkinS liked Johnb's post in the thread Severn Valley Autumn Steam Gala - 17 to 20 Sept.

    No railway does a gala like the SVR. A few years ago on holiday I was talking to the chairman of GECP, the group that work steam on the Nice - Digne metre gauge line. He’d been to the SVR gala the year before and still couldn’t believe what he’d...

    Sep 20, 2026 at 9:56 PM
  3. RLinkinS liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    It looks like the good ol' days are back:) Well, almost. Tomorrow, it's planned to be 100% steam between Pickering and Grosmont with only Pebbles making two round trips between Whitby and Grosmont to spoil things. 926, 2392 & 92134 are doing...

    Sep 20, 2026 at 7:20 PM
  4. RLinkinS liked 2857Harry's post in the thread Severn Valley Autumn Steam Gala - 17 to 20 Sept.

    Well Thankyou to you all for your kind comments. We’ve had a blast this weekend. The profits have been superb, but more importantly the good feeling, the good wishes, and the happy faces around the place has been great to see. This gala will go...

    Sep 20, 2026 at 7:19 PM
  5. RLinkinS liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.

    We have a new complete "W" iron! However the main job on Wednesday was to prepare Rothley shed for the Beer Festival. There are two visitors as well, going to be on display. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

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  6. RLinkinS liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.

    [ATTACH] Progress on the manufacture of our new "W" iron. The centre section needs welding in place and then the fixing holes can be drilled.

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  7. RLinkinS liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.

    I left my overnight stop hotel at Graaff Reinet at 04.15 on a very cold winter's morning and drove through snow showers as I went over the Lootsberg Pass. Hoping the weather front wasn't going to spoil the Karoo sunrise where I planned to arrive...

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  8. RLinkinS replied to the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    The conclusion of that debate was decided a century ago. Sent from my SM-A356B using Tapatalk

    Sep 19, 2026 at 8:33 AM
  9. RLinkinS liked ax1709cjm's post in the thread Severn Valley Autumn Steam Gala - 17 to 20 Sept.

    Only problem is it's so long it's difficult to fit it in a photograph![ATTACH]

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