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clive BRretired posted an update 6 weeks ago
I think Heritage rail areas allowing grasses and some vegetation to mature, Seed and die back is good for overwintering birds and suchlike! Burn-back seems to promote new growth for winter seeding! But constant chemicals and its goodnight Irene!! Can anyone get on Flicker lately? And Golds gone crazy! Krugerrand, Britannia or Queens beasts…
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They get Douglas to steam up and down the East Lancs to set fire to the line side.
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clive BRretired posted an update 6 weeks ago
Sorting out some things, I find my old BR badge of Bath road green suit diesel days? (Its on the piece of old rail) Plus a Midland or LMS railway badge. Crews might come south to Bristol, (Redlands BR hostel), Where i would live with many others, A large house! Up to six of us to a room! Long distant crews in top floors! (The attic). Midland…
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clive BRretired posted an update 7 weeks ago
A modern looking unit heads eastwards to Exeter in Devon! Looks twin electric doors? I suppose they can be over-ridden if trains on its side with no driver! The one i knew in 1963/4 had lots of compartments, Each door with a brass door handle! N, U, S15 Maunsell sorts 31874, 855, 853, 30841 stood outside Heavy lift road blocking road by…
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I must keep my comments down! Is it a hundred letters till (Read more) comes into play?
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clive BRretired posted an update 7 weeks ago
Them Southern Bulleids would come n go! You might get something quite different back, Airstream gone! Fancy new Walschaert gear? A recent show on here of Eddystone was a similar path like Taw Valley, Both Atlantic coast express regulars! 92 then 257 squadrons in that order would follow, Then Manston! So many of them! Life would go on,…
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clive BRretired posted an update 7 weeks ago
Silver on the up! But VAT spoils it? Gold goes through the roof this morning at £2,007 an ounce or $2665 US Dollars! So what price coal for Heritage, They only take a very small amount, But with a large steel plant closing coal burning furnaces this very day and high quality arc steel production some way away? Then imported loss must be…
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Clive I love your sense of humour, I know how they make steel from cast iron (they add carbon) so if they stop using coal where is the carbon content coming from, the dirty coal imported from many miles away is going to create far more CO2 than if we mined it in the UK, so the new Arc plant will create more CO2 than the old one!!!???
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clive BRretired posted an update 7 weeks ago
(Nostalgic) But must be said) Dos Castles (I’ve a small place in Spain so i must practice the lingo)! So i get to think of my cleaner to firing days and sat on my eight wheel banker discussing the latest Cuban crisis when in comes King Edward or King Henry the V1 whose driver navigates red cow crossing and i always get a wave .from its…
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Cant Edit out half that stuff i write now! (With this new system)? Think what i tried to say was how do Steam tours turn engines for their return from Plymouth!
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I was 15yr old cleaner with oil n parafin bucket and cotton waste! (65 odd yr ago)), Never get them to todays high standard though! Hats off to them that do!
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clive BRretired posted an update 8 weeks ago
A picture i saved from a frame of my video. Click on the three dots, Save a frame! Its a bit hit n miss. (Mayflowers tour to Plymouth today).
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clive BRretired posted an update 8 weeks ago
Two Castles! (sounds like a ‘two Ronny’ sketch)! They got away from Exeter St Davids (GWR) in fine style and sounding good! .With their Mayflower steam tour to Plymouth! An I K Brunel 7ft broadgauge plus Atmospheric line at one time? (early 1844 on)! But went standard gauge in 1892! These Pilgrim passengers will return, No Atlantic crossing…
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The sun came out then! Lovely photos Clive 🙂
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Clive; I’m so pleased you got to see the Castles and that you captured some lovely photos!!
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Personally i’d put these up with A4s? Minus Flying Scotsman of course! Nothing come of the Southern trials that i can make out? Bulleids done ok? Mallard broke down? The time keepers may just as well stayed in the pub! Nothing was gained, Maybe Heritage conduct such a trial? They must know what coal consumption for the fleet of foot…
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clive BRretired posted an update 8 weeks ago
(TWO Castles tomorrow)! Edgcombe new to me, But i tended 7029 back in 64 / 65 at Bristol. Not long i add. But Dr Beechams 3rd pref rule would have every young fireman moving shed to see the country! So its this or Nine elms, And does the young lady i am to marry follow the rails to me? Or do i show my shovelling skills to our local council?…
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I’m hoping to see them thunder through Yatton. Clive, will you be going out to see them? If you are, good hunting!
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