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As usual I am solicited for a conversation by a traveler - "What exactly are we looking at?" Occasionally, "Is it the Flying Scotsman?" - cringe!!...
Sadly Peter Townend has died. Here is a link to his obituary in the Daily Telegraph....
Here is the Government web page for reclaiming old registrations: https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/old-vehicles Is there a group or club...
Last seen having trouble with a door marked Lift.
the fact that land had cost over 4 times the valuers estimate. Interestingly my sister was a solicitor and worked in the 1980s for clients trying...
Can someone tell me why a loco of this class is always called a "Schools" rather than a "School"? I can't think of any other class where the...
Dear Andy. Very many thanks for your explanation.
I have wondered for a long time how the WSR became a Red route when a preserved railway. My understanding is that the line was a Blue route under...
If I remember correctly, one of the footplate crew was killed No, No, No. I already bitterly regret my post. No one died. I worked at Didcot...
but perhaps the 56xx tank, which does seem a trifle unloved? I would hesitate to say never but 6697 dropped a flue tube which put someone in...
Ye Gods, if it goes as well as it looks....
Interesting photographs. I may be wrong but I think the lock nut (the thin one) is normally fitted to the outer end of the thread, the full size...
Well, a lot of Dean Goods ended up beyond these shores.
My understanding is that a major factor in the demise of the hydraulics was the requirement to close Swindon Works. The pay scales were high...
The vehicle that I want to see restored is GWR 70' Dreadnought 3299. Preserved in 1964 and since stored at Didcot for around 50 years. A story I...
So was I. Warwick Ormandy and I were completing the restoration of 3738 at that time. Here are a couple of photo's of me coaling 4079 before her...
Apparently the vintage bus replacement from Dunster Station to Minehead has proved very popular. Families get two forms of transport for one...
I trust a copy of this magnificent photograph has gone to Rio Tinto Group who now own Pilbara who manage the assets for Hamersley Iron Pty, a...
I always thought, probably wrongly! that the GWR placed the big order for them to be awkward and lumber BR with something they wouldn't have...
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