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  1. Spinner antwortete auf das Thema Steamrail Victoria (AU) open days.

    And, as an added bonus, Newport Railway Museum is a very short walk away.

    11 Januar 2026 um 06:50

  2. Spinner gefällt Austeams Beitrag in dem Thema Steamrail Victoria (AU) open days.

    Steamrail Victoria (located in Melbourne Australia) are holding their workshop open days in the former Victorian Railways Newport Workshops. From March 7-10. Usually between 7-10 locos in steam. Doing demonstration runs on a short mixed/goods...

    Screenshot_20260109_153522_Chrome.jpg 11 Januar 2026 um 06:49

  3. Spinner gefällt LMS2968s Beitrag in dem Thema Austerity 2-8-0 query.

    A problem with WDs as far as crews were concerned was the fore and aft surging as speed rose, increasing from 25 m.p.h. on to the point where anything above 40 m.p.h. was bordering on dangerous. The reason was the lack of reciprocating balance....

    7 Januar 2026 um 08:26

  4. Spinner gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Austerity 2-8-0 query.

    You're overlooking the minor matter of the complete replacement of all steam in those 20 years. No correlation between scrapping rate and usefulness should be assumed given the mass extinction nature of what happened.

    7 Januar 2026 um 08:25

  5. Spinner gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread).

    It's NP, surely we should be discussing what colour ink was used for the accounts? ;) It does seem a bit daft all the experiments and improvements with steam locos, when large parts of the rest of the railway essentially stagnated for a hundred...

    7 Januar 2026 um 08:13
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