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    Rother Valley Railway

    The points at the northern end were still there in 1978, when I saw it in use during engineering work. I therefore assume it was removed during...
    Сообщение от: William Shelford, 3 ноя 2025 в 18:59 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Fire Risk

    Same here in Hertfordshire, less than 0.5 mm in my rain gauge this morning. Everything is very brown and the ground is like concrete.
    Сообщение от: William Shelford, 12 авг 2025 в разделе: What's Going On
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    Locomotives that have been in action for part of every decade since construction.

    Chaloner built in 1877 has (as far as we know) worked in every decade of its life since being built in 1877. Unlike the other surviving DeWinton's...
    Сообщение от: William Shelford, 12 май 2025 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Steam Locomotive Proportions, Ratios, and Equations

    I would also recommend "The fire burns much better... 200 years of steam locomotive exhaust research 1804-2004" by J.J.G.Koopmans; ISBN...
    Сообщение от: William Shelford, 28 мар 2025 в разделе: Steam Traction