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  1. أعجب alastair بمشاركة 2857Harry' في موضوع Fire Risk.

    I believe we stand like this for Fire Risk as of today….. Red - North West (Region 5) Green - Wales and Scotland Amber - Everywhere else!

    ‏17 جوان 2025 في 11:12 مساءاً
  2. أعجب alastair بمشاركة martin1656' في موضوع Rother Valley Railway.

    At the end of the day, as much as it might stick in some people's throats The Railway has to act correctly and be a good neighbour even if your neighbour hates you, and wishes you gone, the railway has to be above it, The best answer to those...

    ‏15 جوان 2025 في 12:20 مساءاً
  3. أعجب alastair بمشاركة Shep Woolley' في موضوع Saphos 2025.

    [ATTACH] Under threatening skies, thunder rumbling around, LNER Thompson class B1 No. 61306 'Mayflower' heads 'The Lakelander' through Holme and onwards to Carlisle [ATTACH] Running slightly late LNER B1 class No. 61306 'Mayflower' approaches...

    Lakelander 61306 1 NP.jpg Lakelander 61306 4 NP.jpg Lakelander 61306 6 NP.jpg ‏14 جوان 2025 في 10:48 مساءاً
  4. المشاركة في موضوع RTC 2025.

    Completely understand, hope you have a really good day. I'm booked on the hopefully unassisted VT Plymouth trip on 6 Sep, just hoping the rain gods play ball in the preceding week! So important people support VT on these unassisted trips, they...

    ‏14 جوان 2025 في 8:20 مساءاً
  5. أعجب alastair بمشاركة nige757' في موضوع Saphos 2025.

    Thanks Alastair, It was certainly better than what we were expecting.

    ‏14 جوان 2025 في 8:14 مساءاً
  6. أعجب alastair بمشاركة Mark Thompson' في موضوع Rother Valley Railway.

    He was quite forthright. But however you slice it, it was a shocking act. I found the whole presentation excellent, clear, detailed and unflinching. However one does get the distinct impression that the EA has become a sprawling, bloated entity,...

    ‏14 جوان 2025 في 8:04 مساءاً
  7. أعجب alastair بمشاركة martin1656' في موضوع Rother Valley Railway.

    I think he let the cat out of the bag, saying out loud what many thought, , They say the track laying is the easy part, looking at the various hurdles that have to be jumped, Cleary, that's the case, There's a mountain of paperwork and permits...

    ‏14 جوان 2025 في 5:52 مساءاً
  8. المشاركة في موضوع Saphos 2025.

    Great filming, thanks for posting. Relieved to see it was not a total shoveathon.

    ‏14 جوان 2025 في 5:51 مساءاً
  9. أعجب alastair بمشاركة nige757' في موضوع Saphos 2025.

    61306 + 57002 tnt 57311 seen from a dull and midge infested Shap Wells. [MEDIA]

    ‏14 جوان 2025 في 5:49 مساءاً
  10. المشاركة في موضوع Rother Valley Railway.

    Thanks for the link. This is a long but extremely interesting video with loads of photos and plans with detailed explanations of how the level crossings, bridges etc will actually be constructed. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the...

    ‏14 جوان 2025 في 9:13 صباحاً
  11. أعجب alastair بمشاركة brmp201' في موضوع Rother Valley Railway.

    For anyone with an hour and a half to kill... [MEDIA]

    ‏13 جوان 2025 في 11:25 مساءاً
  12. أعجب alastair بمشاركة mikehartuk' في موضوع Rother Valley Railway.

    Paul. The 3.1/2 miles Robertsbridge to Bodiam station I quoted was simply the old general mileage description used by BR. The actual distance from the buffer stops at the new Robertsbridge station to the RVR land boundary short of Bodiam station...

    ‏13 جوان 2025 في 10:12 مساءاً
  13. المشاركة في موضوع RTC 2025.

    Please excuse the cynicism but given the recent comments in the Saphos thread, and the weather forecast for next week (no rain) I suspect it will be "hauled" by a diesel, with another diesel on the back and Tornado on the front doing as little as...

    ‏13 جوان 2025 في 10:06 مساءاً
  14. أعجب alastair بمشاركة Jamessquared' في موضوع LE movements, ECS and test runs 2025.

    Just amongst Bluebell locos, in recent years we've had 73082 to the West Somerset Railway; 592 to Kings Cross and 34059 to Willesden. No 65 also ran on Network Rail under its own power (not towed) in connection with the rebuilding of Network...

    ‏13 جوان 2025 في 11:51 صباحاً