Authorised by ORR 2 weeks ago. Plasser 08-4X4/4S -ORR authorisation letter 15 September 2025 Pat
I'll look forward to watching the whole thing. I never met Mike Lawrence, but he did some wagon moves for me, from Bristol to Alresford, and a...
I have heard of an instance where a new cab had mounting bolt-holes drilled 'as shown on the drawing'. Needless to say, the holes on the framing...
Some years ago, in Modern Railways, Roger Ford priced a Signalling Equivalent Unit (SEU) at £¼ million, a SEU being 1 signal head or 1 point end....
Didn't I once read that the IOWSR possess the regulator handles off each of the O2s? So, we're into rebuild territory aren't we?:D Pat
Well, there's having brass on top of the boiler, and there's having brass ... ... ... &c. No prizes for guessing which gets my vote:D Pat
And here it is. Not great positioning from a phot point of view, I'm afraid. Pat
A frustrating day working on 499. One of the guys brought in his borer to true up the 2 remaining sets of brake hanger mounts. started the second...
I thought that traction motors always had straight-cut gears. (But then our boiler shop has some old Underground bogies with driven pinions on the...
The fact that Network Rail (and its predecessors) have consistently failed in the simple, repetitive task of keeping the cutting sides and cesses...
True. When the RAIB report comes out we will know why there was movement while coupling. 'Til then ... ... Pat
Saw 30506 running today, so all is right with the world! I believe that it has run nearly 39,000 miles since returning to traffic in June 2019. By...
I may have misunderstood (or misremembered) but I believe that NRs liability is for 'first in class' fitting. Once the kit is installed and...
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