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bluetrains letzte Aktivitäten

  1. bluetrain antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing.

    This thread links to videos of a British-built oil-burning Pacific at work in Argentina. https://national-preservation.com/threads/argentine-steam.1425985/#post-2994094 Also like the British-style lower quadrant semaphores.

    24 August 2026 um 22:06

  2. bluetrain gefällt brennans Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing.

    In the book "British Steam on the Pampas" the author, DS Purdom who was the CME of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway until 1951, devotes a section to the subject of oil firing. He notes that over 500 locomotives used oil fuel with no...

    24 August 2026 um 22:02

  3. bluetrain gefällt Johann Marsbars Beitrag in dem Thema Argentine steam.

    YT video of a recent test run...... [MEDIA]

    24 August 2026 um 21:57

  4. bluetrain antwortete auf das Thema GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    The GWSR seems, compared with most other heritage railways, to be very well provided with storage and maintenance facilities (at Toddington) for both steam and diesel locomotives. You have the carriage workshops at Winchcombe, but a carriage...

    24 August 2026 um 19:35

  5. bluetrain gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    You might. But you still have the same problem that’s been identified for other options - a railway that goes between somewhere and nowhere. If I were staying in Whitby, would I want to pay for a steam trip to Grosmont compared to other options?...

    24 August 2026 um 13:33

  6. bluetrain gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema Rother Valley Railway.

    Where there's a will there's a way! I mean, if the Kiwi's can put a level crossing over a runway, then what's to stop one on the M25? At least the vehicle traffic will inevitably be moving slowly, so hardly any additional hold up ... [MEDIA] Tom

    23 August 2026 um 21:14

  7. bluetrain gefällt flying scotsman123s Beitrag in dem Thema GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    According to our appendix, Broadway is 9.75 Mk1s long, Toddington is in the process of going from 6 to 6.25 Mk1s, Winchcombe is 7.5, Gotherington is 2, and Cheltenham is 13 on P1, and 9.5 on P2.

    21 August 2026 um 23:15
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