The "drop down" lining wasn't something I was aware of until this discussion, but there is an undated photo of No7 here alongside a Manor (scroll...
This thread has stirred some wonderful memories of holidays in the early 1960's when the locos were lined green. My best memory though, is going...
Thank you. So what does your answer in post #536 relate to? "Nr 9 yes from 1964." This photo appears on VoR's website (undated) showing all three...
So, to summarise:- No 8 never carried BR "Lion and Wheel" plain black, getting BR unlined green after 1954. Presumably GWR unlined green until...
Interesting. Did No9 have a BR smokebox number plate while it was plain black? I'm not aware of when BR applied the nameplates - did they have...
Am I the only one who thinks there is something slightly sinister about having to vote "against" a trustee on a form that has the voters identity...
It does - removable. James Spooner II - Festipedia
Sorry, but that is completely wrong. The FR tried to reactivate the existing WHR Company as an extant railway by obtaining some of the shares, but...
Having read through the Minority Trustee Report, one thing stands out to me more than the "unknowns" over the purchase of the OSHI:- "The actions...
In any field of management everybody thinks they can do better than "The Boss", and it can be a very lonely place. Running an organisation that...
It seems that other heritage railways have used an insulated roof with three-quarter covered sides leaving a gap for ventilation at the bottom....
I can't imagine why, but when I read some of Lynbarn's posts the lyrics of a 1970's hit by Supertramp start running through my mind (and I'm not...
The "Old Guard" hanging on for too long is not new. I can remember it happening with TR council chairmen and council members more than once....
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