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Taken from the Mid Hants website, some brilliant footage of Bert Hitchen's LMS Black 5 4-6-0 No. 45231 'The Sheerwood Forester' on the main line:
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/tw/pics/bc26k05v.wmv
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OH THE JOY!!! my dream job 
AWS bell: "clang!" |
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| bessytractor wrote: | OH THE JOY!!! my dream job
AWS bell: "clang!" |
I didn't like the bell pull on the whistle though  If you listen carefully you can hear the whistle being opened because of the weight of the bell pull and the motion of the engine  I couldn't beleive it when I heard driving/firing main line steam engines is paid work
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VERY nice indeed . . . .  |
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| MTA wrote: | | bessytractor wrote: | OH THE JOY!!! my dream job
AWS bell: "clang!" |
I didn't like the bell pull on the whistle though If you listen carefully you can hear the whistle being opened because of the weight of the bell pull and the motion of the engine I couldn't beleive it when I heard driving/firing main line steam engines is paid work |
I believe most are employees of companies like EWS? I may be wrong, I know the NRM have drivers who drive their specials, and the drivers are organised by EWS.
we need AWS at the GCR. |
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| bessytractor wrote: | | MTA wrote: | | bessytractor wrote: | OH THE JOY!!! my dream job
AWS bell: "clang!" |
I didn't like the bell pull on the whistle though If you listen carefully you can hear the whistle being opened because of the weight of the bell pull and the motion of the engine I couldn't beleive it when I heard driving/firing main line steam engines is paid work |
I believe most are employees of companies like EWS? I may be wrong, I know the NRM have drivers who drive their specials, and the drivers are organised by EWS.
we need AWS at the GCR. |
Yep, most are EWS, it depends which charter company is running the railtour. I beleive the WCRC uses it's own driver, but has an outside 'third man' or inspector.
AWS on the GCR? As if the GCR wasn't complicated enough 
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Ah! The M.H.R.!! Another of my favorite haunts, being on my brother's doorstep, once again & a really interesting line to visit.
Been there, done that, got the keyring |
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I should be going to the MHR again soon on the 7/8 July for the 40th Anniversary of the end of Southern Steam event they are holding 
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| MTA wrote: | | I should be going to the MHR again soon on the 7/8 July for the 40th Anniversary of the end of Southern Steam event they are holding |
are you "staff" there MTA? |
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Could someone translate please.
MHR must mean Mid Hants Rail
but
AWS??
EWS??
NRM??
GCR??
and WCRC??
Thanks -- Cheers Jilly 
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| Graham-Jilly wrote: | Could someone translate please.
MHR must mean Mid Hants Rail
but
AWS??
EWS??
NRM??
GCR??
and WCRC??
Thanks -- Cheers Jilly |
Sorry 
MHR = Mid Hants Railway
AWS = Automatic Warning System
EWS = English, Welsh and Scottish Railway
NRM = National Railway Museum
GCR = Great Cockrow Railway
WCRC = West Coast Railway Company
Hope this helps!
BT, I don't work on the MHR, I work at Amberley Working Museum on the 2ft Gauge railway, the South Downs Light Railway (10 1/4") and the Chichester and District Society of Model Engineers (O gauge-10 1/4". I used to work on the Bluebell, but I moved and it's to far away IMHO to make regular visits
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| MTA wrote: | | Graham-Jilly wrote: | Could someone translate please.
MHR must mean Mid Hants Rail
but
AWS??
EWS??
NRM??
GCR??
and WCRC??
Thanks -- Cheers Jilly |
Sorry
MHR = Mid Hants Railway
AWS = Automatic Warning System
EWS = English, Welsh and Scottish Railway
NRM = National Railway Museum
GCR = Great Cockrow Railway
WCRC = West Coast Railway Company
Hope this helps!
BT, I don't work on the MHR, I work at Amberley Working Museum on the 2ft Gauge railway, the South Downs Light Railway (10 1/4") and the Chichester and District Society of Model Engineers (O gauge-10 1/4". I used to work on the Bluebell, but I moved and it's to far away IMHO to make regular visits |
oh dear, too much slang going on
yeah I was just wondering, as someone in the lower years at school is footplate crew there. Thought you might know him. |
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If I didn't move from Surrey, I probably would be though. They have a good junior club there, you can go any day you like. The one at the Bluebell is getting ridiculous, once a month and they are over subscribed Should make it two to avoid dissapointment IMHO
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thanks MTA -- sure sounds like you have some interesting places to visit --and wonderful railways. Cheers Jilly-Graham
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