Am I correct in thinking that the Belmond British Pullman carriages are only air-braked and thus cannot be worked by a vacuum-braked locomotive?...
I once heard a bit of idle chit-chat suggesting that the early LMS/EE Gronks were based on a steam bottom end, possibly a Kirtley well-tank? Is...
The following Facebook page has recently appeared, with some suggestion of concrete progress behind the scenes towards getting access to the...
Does anyone have any details on the aforementioned? There is a model in existence, reportedly property of the Bluebell - it looks a bit like a...
Well... sort of! It would appear that several GCR Robinson 8K (O4) 2-8-0s were actually built by Kitson in 2-8-2T form. Two of these survive in...
I've seen some photographs of these handsome locomotives on Iraqi state railways, where they appear to have been used extensively alongside...
I have a vague memory from quite a few years ago of a photo of no.6200 being published in Steam Railway magazine, showing it when new, fitted with...
Wasn't sure whether to post this here or in Steam Traction, but a few years ago I saw this heffalump of a 4-8-2 (obviously LNER/RHDR inspired) at...
Last year I had an extensive and enormously interesting & informative discussion with a leading member of the 82045 locomotive project (one which,...
Hello all... this has turned out to be a rather lengthy post, so beware. TL;DR version reads small group with one experienced member has lost said...
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