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ragl vond acorb's post leuk in het topic FR & WHR & WHHR News.
[ATTACH] Wonderful day out on the WHR behind Garratt 130 today. Can confirm that Snowdonia is looking quite lush and green unlike the landscape 70 miles south in Mid-Powys! The countryside was spectacular as ever, the railway living up its...
22 aug 2026 om 21:47
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ragl vond brennan's post leuk in het topic Oil Firing.
In the book "British Steam on the Pampas" the author, DS Purdom who was the CME of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway until 1951, devotes a section to the subject of oil firing. He notes that over 500 locomotives used oil fuel with no...
21 aug 2026 om 21:09 -
ragl vond 5944's post leuk in het topic 35025 Brocklebank Line.
Offer accepted! [ATTACH]
21 aug 2026 om 21:01
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ragl vond LMS2968's post leuk in het topic BR Double blastpipes.
A stated aim of the BR Standard designs was to maintain rather than improve on the performances of existing pre-nationalisation classes and not necessarily to improve on their fuel consumption either. The Britannias were intended to compare with...
21 aug 2026 om 20:38 -
ragl vond meeee's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
It makes a difference to the water consumption particularly on Linda, Blanche and Prince where the big cylinders and small grate put you at a disadvantage. The FR is 12 miles uphill and the locos work flat out. The superheating is quite modest...
20 aug 2026 om 14:07 -
ragl vond alts1985's post leuk in het topic FR & WHR & WHHR News.
Just back from a brilliant 10 night stay at the Haven Greenacres site in Porthmadog which allowed for plenty of filming at the F&WHR. We had a superb week weather wise, just a bit too hot on a couple of days! Massive thanks to all the staff and...
19 aug 2026 om 11:51 -
ragl vond 46223's post leuk in het topic 45212 goes mainline.
And here it is leaving Preston that night. I was on the very last one - to Liverpool with 45318. [ATTACH]
17 aug 2026 om 10:51
