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Forum: Narrow Gauge 31st December 2009, 16:12
Replies: 22
Views: 15,133
Posted By Sprocket
Lynton and Barnstaple Manning Wardles (as...

Lynton and Barnstaple Manning Wardles (as modified) perhaps? Or the Lough Swilly Kerr Stuart 4-6-0T's. But for my money, the Isle of Man Beyers.
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 17th June 2009, 22:22
Replies: 30
Views: 30,381
Posted By Sprocket
The Bessbrook and Newry tramway in Ireland (1880s...

The Bessbrook and Newry tramway in Ireland (1880s or so until the 1940s) had 3rd rail (central) power, except where it crossed a road junction at an oblique angle. This was far longer than the...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 17th June 2009, 22:15
Replies: 12
Views: 9,115
Posted By Sprocket
Robinson, Manzarek, Densmore, Krieger... and Stan...

Robinson, Manzarek, Densmore, Krieger... and Stan Clear of The Doors!

The key is often known as the driver's key.
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 17th June 2009, 22:11
Replies: 1
Views: 2,932
Posted By Sprocket
The Hundred of Manhood and Selesey Tramway, aka...

The Hundred of Manhood and Selesey Tramway, aka the West Sussex Railway. There are at least a couple of books available about it, and in the way of railway books, probably cost more to buy than the...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 17th June 2009, 21:59
Replies: 6
Views: 2,924
Posted By Sprocket
A class 31 derailed at the south end of Derby...

A class 31 derailed at the south end of Derby station. Apparently it was running with the leading axle on skates due to a siezed motor, under its own power, when it met its most deserved comeuppance...
Forum: On-track Machinery 10th March 2009, 23:36
Replies: 12
Views: 10,795
Posted By Sprocket
80301 was at Diss last week, so there must be...

80301 was at Diss last week, so there must be three working now.
Forum: Railway Stations 3rd December 2008, 12:55
Replies: 20
Views: 13,221
Posted By Sprocket
It's a pity the job wasn't given to Beecham...

It's a pity the job wasn't given to Beecham rather than Beeching. An orchestral conductor would have understood that the piccolo, though rarely used, is an essential part of the orchestra, and that...
Forum: Railway Stations 10th November 2008, 10:30
Replies: 75
Views: 33,787
Posted By Sprocket
Hi Shareefa, welcome to the forum. I'm ashamed to...

Hi Shareefa, welcome to the forum. I'm ashamed to say I'd never heard of Coimbatore, so I looked it up on Google Earth- it appears to be a great place for trains itself!

Tell us more about what...
Forum: On-track Machinery 20th October 2008, 08:38
Replies: 8
Views: 9,197
Posted By Sprocket
Why was the crossover constructed using facing...

Why was the crossover constructed using facing points anyway? It seems to add an obvious unnecessary failure mode.
Forum: Railway News from around the World 4th September 2008, 08:47
Replies: 3
Views: 1,592
Posted By Sprocket
The boats were there first, by several hundred...

The boats were there first, by several hundred years. Network Rail have to work with the infrastructure they've got, not the one they'd like to have. If they want to close the navigation, they should...
Forum: Narrow Gauge 2nd September 2008, 17:21
Replies: 0
Views: 3,618
Posted By Sprocket
Manx Electric derailed!

It seems that the newly- reopened Manx Electric had one of the cars off the track last week:

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Manx-Electric-Railway-tram-derailed.4413003.jp
Forum: Say Hello 28th August 2008, 13:23
Replies: 274
Views: 301,560
Posted By Sprocket
I can date it to the day: although I'd been...

I can date it to the day: although I'd been mildly interested in trains before, I was never a train spotter like my older brother, and I found it boring. I was mostly into Biggles and first-world-war...
Forum: Railway Stations 28th August 2008, 13:11
Replies: 62
Views: 44,979
Posted By Sprocket
The stand on the left was Swinton RL- the Lions....

The stand on the left was Swinton RL- the Lions. We used to pay a few pence to get in, and stand at the front of the terracing just this side of the stand. The picture was probably taken from...
Forum: Railway Stations 12th June 2008, 16:45
Replies: 62
Views: 44,979
Posted By Sprocket
Irlam's o'th' Height station was long closed when...

Irlam's o'th' Height station was long closed when I was a lad there. It was an island platform on the embankment, accessed by a dusty and sinister looking door under the bridge. I believe it closed...
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