RLinkinSs letzte Aktivitäten
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RLinkinS gefällt Oswald T Wistles Beitrag in dem Thema WCME & CME 2026.
The extreme heat of Friday (32C) had abated, Saturday was forecast to peak at 28C. Tangmere was due around these parts at around 18.30 when the temperature would, hopefully, have fallen to something more pleasant. Oswald had a sore knee,...
12 Juli 2026 um 14:00 -
RLinkinS gefällt Shep Woolleys Beitrag in dem Thema WCR Rail Tours.
[ATTACH] Under a threatening sky, with a strong strong cold wind blowing SR BoB class No.34067 'Tangmere' heads today's 'Dalesman' 1Z42 away from Ribblehead Station and onwards to Carlisle with Mick Kelly driving and Rob Russell on the shovel...
8 Juli 2026 um 20:48
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RLinkinS gefällt mdewells Beitrag in dem Thema PYRONAUT - 93 year old fire float.
The 93 year-old fire float 'PYRONAUT', one of the working exhibits at M Shed, was called back into action on Friday 26th June 2026 to help cool down the large swing bridge at Cumberland Basin. The extreme heat wave has been causing the bridge...
8 Juli 2026 um 20:43 -
RLinkinS gefällt timmydunns Beitrag in dem Thema The Vale of Rheidol Railway - News.
Another Collection X gem has appeared out in the open! It's the Borsig, "Sotillos", late of the Sabero Railway. In related news - and full disclosure - I have recently joined the Vale of Rheidol Railway company (part time, it's a 6 hour commute)...
8 Juli 2026 um 20:36 -
RLinkinS gefällt desperados Beitrag in dem Thema 60th anniversary of Tramway Touristique de l'Aisne in Belgium.
Last weekend was the 60th anniversary of Tramway Touristique de l'Aisne in Belgium. This is a preserved section of the old Belgian metre gauge Vicinal system. It's 11.2km long, in the middle of nowhere east of the town of Marloie on the main...
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RLinkinS gefällt Hermods Beitrag in dem Thema GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
A very good reason for making articulates as compounds,was that flexible steam pipe to articulated front truck only had to handle receiver steam. Max 4 bar and 175 Celcius instead of 18/400 .
6 Juli 2026 -
RLinkinS gefällt Spamcan81s Beitrag in dem Thema GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
Flatter terrain? I wouldn’t call Sherman Hill flat and the UP articulated locos were built to tackle that.
6 Juli 2026 -
RLinkinS gefällt mdewells Beitrag in dem Thema Oswestry Update.
A lot of chat in many threads about the need for steam, but talking to people at Oswestry today, it seems that the CHR Pacer Gala was very successful and attracted people from quite a distance (at least 1 from Deal in Kent). It takes all sorts I...
6 Juli 2026 -
RLinkinS gefällt John Petleys Beitrag in dem Thema SVR General Discussion.
The owning group must be very pleased by the positive reaction to 4150's return to steam. It would be so easy to say, "Oh, it's just another Large Prairie - ridden behind plenty of them, photographed plenty of them", etc. True, 4150 is the...
6 Juli 2026
