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    Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

    Just going back to the shed extension, is the there anything special about the details of the track set into the concrete floor to allow for...
    Post by: Squiffy, Mar 6, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Small Victorian railway buildings

    As mentioned above, a few courses of blue engineering bricks at the base was very common as were bullnose bricks at door openings to get rid of...
    Post by: Squiffy, Mar 4, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    ...but will there be any coal left in the UK by then!
    Post by: Squiffy, Feb 15, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bristol Harbour Railway - Updates and Goings on

    I’ve always thought that the powers that be missed a trick by eradicating the connection from Temple Meads to the docks via the Redcliffe Tunnel....
    Post by: Squiffy, Jan 31, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Rother Valley Railway

    ...apparently even looking at this thread is not without repercussions! I only started looking at it a week or so ago and now my YouTube feed is...
    Post by: Squiffy, Jan 29, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Lottery Dreams for investing in Heritage Railways

    There’s still time to get your tickets for tonight’s £71m Euromillions jackpot! I’m extending the S&D north from Midsomer Norton to Radstock and...
    Post by: Squiffy, Jan 22, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    BR Standard class 6 No. 72010 'Hengist' and Clan Discussion Thread

    I’m intrigued by the virtual modelling process in this context, so apologies for repeating the same sort of questions as on the 567 thread. 1....
    Post by: Squiffy, Jan 20, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    4920 Dumbleton Hall

    If it appears in black livery surely it would be called Malfoy Manor!
    Post by: Squiffy, Jan 11, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Isle of Wight Steam Railway

    I believe it is a combination of Rolling On The Floor Laughing with an incontinence issue.
    Post by: Squiffy, Jan 6, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Recommissioning after Coronavirus

    ... but Avon Riverside is just in B&NES as the boundary is down the middle of the river.
    Post by: Squiffy, Dec 31, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News

    Looking from the outside (I only discovered NP having been furloughed in March and didn’t even realise that there were two GCR organisations) I...
    Post by: Squiffy, Dec 30, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Heritage Railway S&T Department Activities

    Forgive my naivety, but why would semaphores be replaced like for like at all? I would have presumed that replacement with contemporary coloured...
    Post by: Squiffy, Dec 28, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    567 Victorian 4-4-0 New Build

    I had a book on the Midland 2P 4-4-0’s for Christmas and whilst reading it another, almost too obvious, question popped into my head. As all...
    Post by: Squiffy, Dec 27, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Newport scrap yards.

    Do you have good cause to believe in any of those stories, and if so what locations are we talking about?
    Post by: Squiffy, Dec 16, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Newport scrap yards.

    Thanks for that info. I take it that it is the Crossley Evans site just south of Shipley station. It’s great that you can see it in 3D on Google...
    Post by: Squiffy, Dec 15, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction