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    End of steam question - perception

    One of the most damning things you could say about something in the 1960s was that it was 'old-fashioned'. Instant trip to the dustbin.
    Post by: blink bonny, Dec 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Flying Scotsman

    How 'original' was any loco after its first service? When a loco went into the works and a faulty part was discovered, or a replacement needed...
    Post by: blink bonny, Dec 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Flying Scotsman

    Br Database says that while it was withdrawn off St Margarets, it wasn't scrapped there. It says 'Sold to P W McLellan, Langloan for scrap...
    Post by: blink bonny, Dec 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    End of steam question - perception

    I knew it was going on and familiar locos were vanishing month by month in the early 1960s. It would have been hard to miss. It really struck...
    Post by: blink bonny, Dec 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    2026 Entries/Returnees and Withdrawals

    I hope that this doesn't mean that 68078 (an old friend of mine from its Widdrington days) goes the way of the unfortunate Catalina flying boat...
    Post by: blink bonny, Dec 9, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    RTC 2025

    Thanks to him a whole nation learned to spell the name of a place nobody had heard of.
    Post by: blink bonny, Nov 30, 2025 in forum: What's Going On
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    The Route to Preservation following the end of Steam

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It carried a 50A shedplate to reflect the fact that after purchase it was stabled at York. Withdrawn 5 September 1966...
    Post by: blink bonny, Oct 25, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Just a bit.
    Post by: blink bonny, Oct 21, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Today is the day that Tornado becomes the longest-serving A1. It 'entered' service on 23 July 2008, so its life since then is now one day longer...
    Post by: blink bonny, Oct 21, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Flying Scotsman

    There wasn't time? They've had 25 years since the last event to think about it!
    Post by: blink bonny, Sep 30, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    45428 was looking very neat and tidy indeed when I saw it on BR duty on the last day of steam in the Leeds area. I wondered why at the time....
    Post by: blink bonny, Sep 2, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Saphos 2025

    My apologies, you're correct. I had intended to go across to Beattock for the run, but hospital appointments got in the way, and I based my reply...
    Post by: blink bonny, Aug 16, 2025 in forum: What's Going On
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    Saphos 2025

    60007 went up Beattock unassisted just 4 days ago, plus Blue Peter up Shap in April as has been mentioned.
    Post by: blink bonny, Aug 16, 2025 in forum: What's Going On
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    Saphos 2025

    [MEDIA]
    Post by: blink bonny, Aug 16, 2025 in forum: What's Going On
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    Saphos 2025

    I saw 61306 on my visit to Leeds on its last day of service, 30 September 1967, and very smart it looked too, in its lined BR black livery. I'd...
    Post by: blink bonny, Aug 7, 2025 in forum: What's Going On
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    Saphos 2025

    Coming from the no-man's land north of the wall, yet south of the border, I'm by no means familiar with GWR locos including Castles, other than on...
    Post by: blink bonny, Jul 19, 2025 in forum: What's Going On
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    Tornado

    Nothing looks better in apple green, not even apples. It's also historically wrong for an A1 at the end of the production run, by which time they...
    Post by: blink bonny, Jun 21, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    A Facit?
    Post by: blink bonny, Jun 20, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Saphos 2025

    Beautiful!
    Post by: blink bonny, Jun 12, 2025 in forum: What's Going On
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    The Dalesman 2025

    Not always managing to dodge the showers at Ais Gill. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
    Post by: blink bonny, Jun 5, 2025 in forum: What's Going On
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