The Bristol Railway Archive

Back in the seventies when i was a lad my dad used to take me on mistery railtours where you knew the train departure time from the station was but not the destination !. can any of you remember these things, which went on for several years
I can remember ending up in York.Truro and Chester at ...

Yes, but even a diesel is not as efficient at producing heat as the poor fellow that seems to find kettles offensive.

All a load of hot air about nothing if you ask me.

kettles cover every steam loco,
Yes but it also covers Diesels !

diesel covers every diesel engined loco and even electrics in ...

just to stur it up a bit, my only problem with calling steam engines kettles. is the fact that a diesel is a more efficient boiler of water than a steam engine !
Per calorific value of fuel used a diesel is a better water boiler,
most of the heat from a steam locos coal goes up the chimney and a ...

I also do not belive that the stone to be found on St Annes station were the ones involved in this incident as they are natural sandstone nodules "round lumps" whilst quarred stone has all ways been cut/quarried in square/oblong shapes to give most useable amount of stone per block,
as i understand ...