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  1. Spinner reageerde op het topic Steamrail Victoria (AU) open days.

    And, as an added bonus, Newport Railway Museum is a very short walk away.

    11 jan 2026 om 06:50

  2. Spinner vond Austeam's post leuk in het topic Steamrail Victoria (AU) open days.

    Steamrail Victoria (located in Melbourne Australia) are holding their workshop open days in the former Victorian Railways Newport Workshops. From March 7-10. Usually between 7-10 locos in steam. Doing demonstration runs on a short mixed/goods...

    Screenshot_20260109_153522_Chrome.jpg 11 jan 2026 om 06:49

  3. Spinner vond LMS2968's post leuk in het topic Austerity 2-8-0 query.

    A problem with WDs as far as crews were concerned was the fore and aft surging as speed rose, increasing from 25 m.p.h. on to the point where anything above 40 m.p.h. was bordering on dangerous. The reason was the lack of reciprocating balance....

    7 jan 2026 om 08:26

  4. Spinner vond 35B's post leuk in het topic Austerity 2-8-0 query.

    You're overlooking the minor matter of the complete replacement of all steam in those 20 years. No correlation between scrapping rate and usefulness should be assumed given the mass extinction nature of what happened.

    7 jan 2026 om 08:25

  5. Spinner vond 5944's post leuk in het topic Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread).

    It's NP, surely we should be discussing what colour ink was used for the accounts? ;) It does seem a bit daft all the experiments and improvements with steam locos, when large parts of the rest of the railway essentially stagnated for a hundred...

    7 jan 2026 om 08:13
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