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On a related note, isnt there going to be some problems if they electrify the Severn tunnel, considering how wet it is?

The Finishing line (the last one you linked) is an 'interesting' film on the the BFI's British Transport Film collection compilation, basically a safety film for Kids to stop them trespassing on the line. The basic premise is that they have a school sports day on the line (seriously) with...

Walked along both ends of the Tetbury Branch, one of the 2 branch lines that came off Kemble station that were shut in the 60s. Quite a lot still in place, at the tetbury end the goods yard is a car park with the goods shed still there (though it would be nice if they actually did something with...

The freeware Class 25 is already out, though the payware version still has the cab being worked on. The alternative sound pack for it is amazing! I spent about an hour driving it from Newcastle to York, and you seriously need earplugs at full volume. I think the Class 37 is being released for...

Yes, the bit about the Kemble line made me laugh as well. Particularly as they had already rejected double tracking (I wonder how much it cost for them to evaluate rejecting it?), and it took complaints from local mps (and petitions from locals) to make them consider it again. I bet Brunel is...

Sure you didnt leave the locomotive brake on?:) There is another pet peeve of mine since someone pointed it out, both Hsts (both the FGW and the BR one) dont have a graduated brake fitted. Having said that, there is a modified HST that you can download from UK trainsim which has the graduated...

Terrible. But as others on this forum know better than I, its not a new problem. I was reading a book recently on GJ Churchward, and he once had to write a letter to Eton to ask them to not reprimand his nephew too much, who was found along with 2 other Etonians trying to drop rocks down the...

Thanks for filling in the details. Very interesting indeed. Very sad, but Im sure I will see it elsewhere. I can only hope it might turn up at Toddington next year at the GWR 175 gala.

Thanks very much for clarifying that. I seem to recall its on a tour later in the year double heading with someone else (Oliver Cromwell?), so hopefully I might see it then.

Perhaps the railtour section might be the best place, but I was at Chippenham station last Saturday waiting for it to come through, and heard that it had failed at Didcot and been replaced by a diesel. Anyone with any idea what happened to it? BTW, nice to see the announcer at Chippenham...

One of the Steam magazines showed the boiler being fitted back on the frames the other day. But it was only a trial to make sure it still fitted. The cynic in me wonders if the NRM did it just to make people shut up about the choice of boiler.:p Be nice to see it running again. Not that I...

Im no expert, but Im pretty sure 'Black 5's' and Standard 5s are totally different machines (though admittedly the latter were based upon, though much changed from, the 'Black 5' design. Black 5s were designed for LMS, and they got called that because as pointed out it was an unofficial...