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Hello there, I've recently learned about carriage washdowns used when labor wasn't available to do it by hand. And also that the Q1 0-6-0s could go through these. Which has led to my curiosity; where there any automatic locomotive washdowns used when labor wasn't available to do this by hand?

What's the standard gauge in Ireland? And, could locomotives in Ireland run on the 4 foot 8 1/2 standard gauge in Britain, or would there be issues doing so?

Last night, I found out about the South Tynedale Railway's locomotive "Green Dragon" burning wood briquettes. I'm curious to know; would the wood briquettes burn just like coal? What I mean by that is, were there any changes to the firebox. And, in your opinion, do you think using wood...

So, if I'm getting this right, (please call me out if I'm not), it has to do with the width and height when it comes to wagons being able to cross a route with bridges and tunnels...? Also, when reading about the incident mentioned about the steamer striking the bridge, width and height of...

Hello, I'm having trouble understanding what loading gauge means and how it works. I've read a couple of websites on it and looked at a railway book of mine that discusses it as clearances, and it's clear to me that I need it sadly dumbed down to the simplest explanation.

So, would the Ferrovie Nord Milano 200 0-4-0Ts be able to work in Britain without needing conversion?

I was curious to know if a locomotive from another European country could work in Britain, such as on a heritage railway for example, without any conversions needing to be done.

Hello there. I have a question about whistles. I was looking at the GWR 5700s page on Wikipedia (the worst source ever for anything. Only good to look at external links provided). Anyways, it stated that one of the developments was the addition of a whistle to deflect the smoke from the whistle...