Much of the information you seek is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Miniature_Railway
Agree, have only seen video but slips were well controlled & I doubt motion got any where near design speed. Brits at one time had a reputation...
In the the photo's linked above it shows that there was enough room to allow piston head to exit bore without removing crosshead. In link in...
Pictures of repair in progress, found on internet so nothing to do with me. All sizes | 70013 at Cleethorpes | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Should add...
Article hear with pictures so presumably factual. Classic steam engine extends its stay in Cleethorpes after piston breaks | This is Grimsby I...
Past Hackney Wick more or less on time around 8:35pm on return
Two vids of the stall, or 2 stalls. Don't think its worth comparing the 2 locomotives or crews. As can be heard in second video there is a...
Chap wearing miners hard hat, Roy Etherington a mining engineer. Ahh just reviewed thread this had already been established. I new Roy vaguely...
Post is still there Page22 on my computer
I am not familiar with the arguments at all but The "Galatea Loco Trust" can be found on the Charity Commissiion web site. It seems to have had...
AFAIK the North London Line is closed on Sundays for Engineering works. So I presume it could have proceeded to Stratford Via this route, I may of...
Hang on, I thought I was the only self procaimed armchair expert on this thread! I never mentioned "Hydraulicking". That I am sitting in an...
my 2pence worth in the armchair engineers stakes. Core plug works loose, loose enough to begin striking cylinder cover leaving witness marks. one...
Bit blurred but here it is in the 1960s. Thanks for reminding me it was maroon I was difficult to tell at the time!! [img] Cheers Rog
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