Recent content by Teaboy1

One supposes that there are to be running-in trials and testing to be performed before any revenue earning trips are planned. Guess it will be sold out when announced. Good to see her back, last time I saw her in steam was renaming ceremony at Doncaster Crimpsall shops way back in 1970's .

Quorn Shed !!! Ohh yes, I can quite imagine the response of the locals to having a smelly smokey noisey shed in their midst. All that rivetting banging and mess that a shed would produce to the detriment of the Quorn elite peace and quite ..... its going to frighten the horses ..... lower the...

An utter joke on us, the UK tax payer. Sunak and his cronies hopefully face anihalation .... !! Read it and weep. According to its latest accounts, filed last year, Eversholt, a subsidiary of Li Ka-shing’s Hong Kong firm CK Hutchison, paid dividends of £40.7m in 2022, while its chief...

Bad idea. We are still reeling from HS2 Birmingham to Manchester being abandoned, so it would be disasterous for the Heritage movement to suffer the GCR unification to be equally abandoned. Too much time, effort and indeed lives [those who have make a bequest / commitment in their last Will &...

Exact same OTT responses by BTP and HiViz brigade at Lincoln Central 2022 when Duchess arrived for Xmas Market special. Barriers put on platform behind support coach to prevent any access near loco, BTP insisted everyone behind yellow line EVEN on adjacent platforms and photographers herded away...

Not quite sure of the financial stress this would cause to BarnsleyMDC budget or its citizens. Its a big ask given current Cost of Living crisis!! "Local authorities’ external debts - which refers to the amount councils owe through either short-term or long-term loans - is capped at just over...

Not sure if ADMIN will allow this but is this simply wrong to allow a celebration event to be used in this manner?? I know Aunty BBC likes to present both sides of a debate but I feel oranisers were correct to kick these guys out! Damaging to the NNR IMHO...

I recall Cromwell 70013 failed at/near Cleethorpes a few years ago with Piston Head nut becoming loose and nearly knocking covers off. Saved with diesel on back. 2 cylinder machines do tend to try shaking themselves loose and falling down !!

Anyone know what this particular working was?? Seems to be a trip to nowhere in particular. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U02100/2023-04-03/detailed

Bit severe stance to take. Take the example below, Crab 42859 just ran out of luck, boiler was sold for scrap to pay for protracted storage. https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/lms-hughes-crab-42859.17817/ Once its gone, its gone for ever!! Better an eye-sore on a Heritage Railway...

Traditional house coal now difficult to obtain and traditional loco coal now virtually impossble to obtain. The war in Ukraine and the sanction against any Russian interests have effe ctively put the nail in the coffin lid on imported Russian loco grade coal. Imminent closure of last Welsh pit...

Control Primary Air. Control Secondary Air. Control water level using exhaust and live steam injectors. Control fuel delivery rate , location over grate, check bed for clinker [blue flames], trim coal in bunker, Control steam pressure with blower when stationary. Maintain gauge glasses should...

So who is going to predict the first bridge strike? I shall state my case for a wager of my usual maximum betting stake which is a 'Mars Bar & a can of Coke' and the prediction is 'on or before 12h05 9 March 2023'. Any takers?

FP, May one enquire just who is able to ride in the brake vans?? Would love to spend a day with the duty guard if this were allowed. Is this a privilege only open to a select few?

Need to factor in the cost of trailer and road transport fee. Could in some cases exceed the original cost of the carriage. http://www.carriage-exchange.org.uk/stock.htm