Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
5th May 2011, 13:42
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,822
If memory serves, even long after coal traffic...
If memory serves, even long after coal traffic ceased to be exported from Sunderland Docks, the extensive dock sidings were used to store stock.
Sunderland Port also had a small engine shed with a...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
31st October 2010, 10:25
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,946
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
24th October 2010, 12:32
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Replies: 29
Views: 16,790
I've got a BR tail lamp in what I suppose could...
I've got a BR tail lamp in what I suppose could be described as mint condition.
It was one of the last batch manufactured before the switchover to electric lamps, and it never saw use - when I got...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
11th October 2010, 18:10
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Replies: 29
Views: 16,790
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
11th October 2010, 11:20
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Replies: 29
Views: 16,790
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
8th October 2010, 00:28
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,550
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Forum: Say Hello
10th June 2010, 23:10
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Replies: 26
Views: 13,658
locojoe,
The scenario I'm on about was on a...
locojoe,
The scenario I'm on about was on a European loco, where some locos have Westinghouse pumps which have a type of ratcheted handle so as to move it manually, usually administered with the...
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Forum: Say Hello
10th June 2010, 22:15
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Replies: 26
Views: 13,658
Can recall a similar tale.The westinghouse pump...
Can recall a similar tale.The westinghouse pump stopped working, however it can of course be operated 'manually'. So for the 50 miles back to the shed the fireman had to sit on the running plate in...
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Forum: Say Hello
10th June 2010, 15:15
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Replies: 26
Views: 13,658
The wonderful sound of Westinghouse pump.
The...
The wonderful sound of Westinghouse pump.
The 'thump thump' rhythm simply isn't complete without the 'bang/clatter' supplanted by some choice swearwords as the Driver knocks seven bells out of it...
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Forum: Say Hello
8th June 2010, 18:47
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Replies: 274
Views: 301,560
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