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  1. bluetrain odgovara u temi 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. Kolovoz 2026. u 22:06

  2. bluetrain liked brennan's post in the thread 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. Kolovoz 2026. u 22:02

  3. bluetrain liked Johann Marsbar's post in the thread Argentine steam.

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

    24. Kolovoz 2026. u 21:57

  4. bluetrain odgovara u temi 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. Kolovoz 2026. u 19:35

  5. bluetrain liked 35B's post in the thread 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. Kolovoz 2026. u 13:33

  6. bluetrain liked Jamessquared's post in the thread 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. Kolovoz 2026. u 21:14

  7. bluetrain liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread 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. Kolovoz 2026. u 23:15
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