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  1. Big Al replied to the thread LMS 4F 44422.

    Moderator Comment We are monitoring the posts of @WesternRegionHampshireman . We are noting the responses that he is getting. The reason this information is being shared publicly is to give him the opportunity to adjust his future contributions.

    May 13, 2024 at 10:55 AM
  2. big.stu liked Spamcan81's post in the thread Tornado.

    NVR must be feeling gutted at the moment.

    May 13, 2024 at 10:54 AM
  3. W.Williams replied to the thread Tornado.

    Still amazes me that folk think engineering projects, particulalry of this scale, should go smoothly. Then there is the cost of living crisis, that has squeezed charitible giving, whilst inflation has upped the price of everything on the other...

    May 13, 2024 at 10:54 AM
  4. big.stu liked The Green Howards's post in the thread Tornado.

    Quelle surprise. And just when the NVR needs the extra footfall too.

    May 13, 2024 at 10:53 AM
  5. big.stu liked Big Al's post in the thread Tornado.

    As someone with a generally neutral view about the loco I am struggling to make sense of what has gone on with Tornado other than to note the money that the A1ST is drawing out of the heritage steam environment that could be going elsewhere. That...

    May 13, 2024 at 10:50 AM
  6. Paul42 liked Britfoamer's post in the thread GWSR Cotswold Festival of Steam 25th-27th May 2024.

    I am quoted elsewhere on here as not putting a bet on it (ugh!) appearing, however, everything Flying Scotsman has said in the past has come to fruition, I and others live in hope!!

    May 13, 2024 at 10:42 AM
  7. Paul42 liked Meatman's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    With all due respect, has it occurred to you and the original poster that the question that was asked at the meeting, and i was there, was from a new member who hasn't got the background information on the original planning and subsequent S73...

    May 13, 2024 at 10:24 AM
  8. MellishR replied to the thread Tornado.

    I have taken the liberty of quoting this post verbatim in an email to the Trust. Let's see what they have to say.

    May 13, 2024 at 10:23 AM
  9. MellishR replied to the thread Tornado.

    The Trust started with an extremely competent team covering all the areas of expertise. It was correspondingly extremely successful at first. No longer, apparently.

    May 13, 2024 at 10:21 AM
  10. pmh_74 liked ruddingtonrsh56's post in the thread Industrial Loco Updates.

    A post has appeared on the GCR Shed works page on Facebook showing Giesel Ejector equipped Austerity 3809 has arrived at Quorn after overhaul at Loco Maintenance Services. The loco is to be run in at the GCR and haul the trains on the Mountsorrel...

    Screenshot_2024-05-10-18-42-16-54_a23b203fd3aafc6dcb84e438dda678b6.jpg May 13, 2024 at 10:16 AM
  11. MellishR liked Johnb's post in the thread Tornado.

    I did find it a bit odd that they should decide to divert resources to build a third boiler when the first one was and is still relatively new and they were involved in building a second locomotive. Did it mean that the first one was found to...

    May 13, 2024 at 10:15 AM
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