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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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

  5. 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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  6. RLinkinS liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    The mystery of the moving chairs has finally been resolved... [ATTACH]

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  7. RLinkinS liked 46223's post in the thread Railways and People.

    A reunion on the East Lancashire Railway of regular 'gricers' from British Rail's last steam hauled named train 'The Belfast Boat Express' which was 'Black 5' hauled until May 1968. Shame the ELR hadn't a 'Black 5' for us but such is life....

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  8. RLinkinS liked 5098's post in the thread Flying Scotsman Main Line Railtours Autumn 2026.

    Welcome back! 60103 runs alongside the Derwent with its first railtour for several years, from York to Scarborough this afternoon. [ATTACH] https://richardstevens.smugmug.com/

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