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I understand that at one stage they did look at fitting 18000 with a Rolls Royce Dart turbo prop engine. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Off tangent I hve found a Mirlees Blackstone MB190 for sale as only about 50 were built in various cylinder configurations, could this be one of...

In the late 60s there were quite a few letters in the railway press suggesting that once withdrawn diesels should be quickly and quietly scrapped, indeed there were some similar comments about BR standard steam locos. Sadly this attitude resulted in the loss of all examples of significant types...

There several such unfinished projects, there are earthworks of the intended line from Fenny Compton to Rugby that look like the remains of a dismanted railway branching off the line between Leamington and Banbury. I also believe that there is a partially completed railway tunnel (not to be...

Back in the late 1960s I did actually write a letter to Railway Magazine giving a list of diesels I thought were deserving of preservation, it did not get published and I received a reply from RM saying that such an idea was preposterous and no railway enthusiasts would ever support such an...

Impressive, although I also expect that the built in steady shot has also helped. I have had some success wih a Minolta 28mm lens on a Sony a550. I have also got a Nikon D90 with a 1.8 lens, but the lack of stabilisation does show more than on my Sony.

It will not be a Bay Deltic in the original sense, rather it will be a replica aiming to produce the ambience of A Baby Deltic, the fact that is a mix of parts that will have been used on other types of loco is not truly important, if they can create something that looks and sounds the part that...