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our 1/5th locos hate standing and need constant attention to the fire to avoid emabarasment:oops: The trick is to keep the fire active without blowing the safety valves off thus wasting energy and also not good practice in the station. so constant juggling with the blower, firebox door and...

See my post under Heritage railways but of interest on here is Ravenstone Model railways will be bringing various stock for sale to our BH Sunday and Monday open weekend at the SMR near Melton Leics www.fsmr.org.uk

Just an update on this weekends second and last 2010 public operation of the 10 1/4" SMR at Stapleford Park Melton LE14 2SF and miniature steam rally supporting LOROS Restored and operated by volunteers, the nearly 2 mile heavily engineered line will have 5 locos in steam both days (subject...

Given that the access route is to their works. I would suspect it would come under their risk assesment planning for the water company and if not , certainly the haulage company should have prepared one for safe use of the crossing just as they should for any low bridges on the route Lack of...

:lol: me too, maybe in 5 years time we will have class 60 galas and by then the 59s will be in preservation and we will be seeing lots of smokey 2 stroke cold starts and hellfire departures on youtube:lol:

thanks guys, this one looks promising if it is self propelled when not on OLE i.e diesel i will send him a pic he is adamant it had a pan and was not accompanied he is pretty good at ID on most current stock and heritage locos as we all were at that age LOL i could tell a 9f at 2 miles on...

thanks he sadi it was light engin e so rulles out the 92 looks like 67029 if it was in the area the roof grills do look a bit like pants at a distance and speed I emailed him the link to look as we dont get 67s through oakham often if at all plenty of sheds and the odd tug though Thanks ---...

Anyone know of any unusal test trains out today I am in Leeds working but just spoke to my 10 yr old ( a keen spotter!!) who watched a silver painted light locomotive go through Oakham on the Leics Pborough line today Wed 14th April. He couldnt identify it and said it was a bit like a class...

we used to have the local NWR at our railway events with the incident truck and a poster campign handing out leaflets to families and colouring packs for the kids. A lot of emphasis was on the level crossing misuse aspect with large posters everywhere saddly, budget cuts last year meant they no...

yep thats the bridge, my sat nav doesnt even show a railway there !!LOL I do the 200 mile round trip journey to Stourton and back to Oakham every day so see it a lot LOL

probably the stoical scots had it been Surrey, lawyers for you etc etc would have been on the case no doubt

hate to say this guys but this has been happening in industry for some years just the same British engineering companies are loosing out to eastern european companies and skills lost in industrial electrical, pipeline welding and now even software programers from India All these will do the...

Ah back in the good old days, a pair of 31s or 37s would have got through witha 7 coach set ah progress

Ah thanks for that is it working on the track then or just running up and down maybe it could become anew preserved line if its been rebuilt !! On another note is there any where that has times schedules for these trains moving on the network we used to get one running through Okham last...

Hi if you go on my channel http://www.youtube.com/stapleford I have some video on there taken in the autumn 2009 diesel gala at NVR of some traction including a spirited thrash on and off a 31 pairing Nige

Anyone know what the ballast cleaning train is doing at Tuxford Notts. Its often stabled on the A1 overbridge. Think it was the old Olerton to west Marnham powerstation line which is shown as disused on the OS often see it there over the last few months although it does move and come back Just...

or NWR on 01332 331422 have both numbers in my mobile

Hi as posted by others it is also know as Old Dalby test track and runs from just south of Melton from a junction on the Syston Peterborough line north West to the edge of Nottingham near the A46 intersection with the A606 at Edwalton. It has OHE, installed since the 70s when it was used to...

Thanks for that Valentas are sweet music, must get over and see one on stoke bank before it is too late I can remember the first ones on stoke bank and there were'nt any of those !!! wires there either oh my age

friend of mine emailed me with some pics of her and the following text which explains it all. Sorry seems a non event as it has been there for some time Dohh:roll: "hi nigel,yes its been there since september hired in from harry needles to haul the underground stock to old dalby every...