I think there's an argument to say that more people see the locomotive close up in action if it tours preserved lines than they do when its used...
In my time with internal combustion engines it was the other way round. A fitter was someone who simply fitted parts others had made, but a...
Most heritage lines have far more locomotives than they need to run the services. Its wasteful to have more locomotives than one needs in service,...
Well the reason why there are a lot of Manors is because Dai Woodham bought lots of them, and curiously no Granges. But I think the reason so many...
Its easily forgotten that a very large chunk of the GWR was originally built by different companies, which is why there was such variation in the...
St Blazey isn't a GWR structure. It was built by/for the Cornwall Mineral Railway and is utterly unlike any GWR design. I don't know if there's...
> the railway exists to provide them with the opportunity to volunteer. Wasn't that the exact reason most of them were founded?
AIUI 6ft 0in is the top of the 60mph band, so 6ft 2in are allowed up to 75. I don't know when these limits came in, but certainly after the end of...
Are there any photographs of the completed bridge repair out there? Plenty of the completed track, and a fair few of the job half done, but with a...
Nope, just looking for something that isn't there.
And, I fear, are just reducing their credibility by making 2 and 2 equal 22 and demonstrating ignorance of the issues. Maintaining a big website,...
If you think steam has problems you should study the situation with freight traffic, especially containers. Gauging is now managed with great...
Of course it might be as simple as not wanting to pay rent...
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