It would depend upon which bit of BR we are talking about. For the South Western the announcement of the Bournemouth Electrification (with a...
As a Life Member (yes, I am that old a fart!) I haven't paid much attention, but a look at the latest mag gives some info. Classic Membership -...
But there ain't no Sanity Clause! :D Pat
Another productive weekend in Urie Loco land. Picture shows the first section of tender rave just before the rivetting gang got to it. Nice thing...
Stage 1: Become the World's Railway-themed Café :Arghh: Pat
Quite a contrast to the dross on the Cudworth (which probably cost more into the bargain, being 'south of the river'). Pat
Boiler 799 will get a new smokebox tubeplate. Here it is, fresh out of the box. Pat
Posted by someone I put on ignore a long time ago. Not worth worrying about. Pat
Painted number is 30506. Back in the day (as the saying is) the men would have referred to it as 506. Pat
Never fear, Tom, 499 will be turned out in invisible green. Quite exciting enough, surely!:D Pat
I posted this in the Swanage thread: In 'Locomotives of the Isle of Wight Railways', by Messrs. Cooper, Faulkner, Maycock and Silsbury, there is a...
In 'Locomotives of the Isle of Wight Railways', by Messrs. Cooper, Faulkner, Maycock and Silsbury, there is a schematic of the pull-push equipment...
120's frames were at he stop block of the siding on Wednesday last when I went to take some measurements of the chimney. I assume that Herston has...
Authorised by ORR 2 weeks ago. Plasser 08-4X4/4S -ORR authorisation letter 15 September 2025 Pat
I'll look forward to watching the whole thing. I never met Mike Lawrence, but he did some wagon moves for me, from Bristol to Alresford, and a...
I have heard of an instance where a new cab had mounting bolt-holes drilled 'as shown on the drawing'. Needless to say, the holes on the framing...
Some years ago, in Modern Railways, Roger Ford priced a Signalling Equivalent Unit (SEU) at £¼ million, a SEU being 1 signal head or 1 point end....
Didn't I once read that the IOWSR possess the regulator handles off each of the O2s? So, we're into rebuild territory aren't we?:D Pat
Well, there's having brass on top of the boiler, and there's having brass ... ... ... &c. No prizes for guessing which gets my vote:D Pat
And here it is. Not great positioning from a phot point of view, I'm afraid. Pat
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