ragl 近期的活动
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ragl 支持 acorb 在 FR & WHR & WHHR News 内发表的帖子.
[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...
2026-08-22 , 21:47
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ragl 支持 brennan 在 Oil Firing 内发表的帖子.
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...
2026-08-21 , 21:09 -
ragl 支持 LMS2968 在 BR Double blastpipes 内发表的帖子.
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...
2026-08-21 , 20:38 -
ragl 支持 meeee 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.
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...
2026-08-20 , 14:07 -
ragl 支持 alts1985 在 FR & WHR & WHHR News 内发表的帖子.
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...
2026-08-19 , 11:51 -
ragl 支持 46223 在 45212 goes mainline 内发表的帖子.
And here it is leaving Preston that night. I was on the very last one - to Liverpool with 45318. [ATTACH]
2026-08-17 , 10:51
