It really does depend on your definition of "original". I would contend that the L&B coaches, lovely as they are, are replicas incorporating some...
We always assume that loco crews were keen and on top of the job. A now deceased relative was a fireman at Monument Lane and regularly fired...
I had the privilege of a long mainline footplate ride on Scotsman in 1987. It was in single chimney form and hauling the Pullman Rail set of...
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...
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