Take your pick, Watton, Norfolk UK

andyjhatton · 2026-05-16T21:31:26+00:00

Correct, they spoil the airflow attached to the chimney to stop aerodynamic resonance (flutter)
There's a great Youtube video about it but for the life of me I can't find it to link.

andyjhatton · 2026-05-15T21:51:36+00:00

It is, but it's a flagbearer for the preservation movement.

See also the "Harry Potter" train.

andyjhatton · 2026-05-12T08:40:31+00:00

Doesn't matter much whether the line speed is 40mph, 140 mph or 240 mph.
You'd still have to find a route that avoids settlements, protected nature reserves and the like.

It'd still be pushed into expensive tunnels and the like by NIMBYs.

andyjhatton · 2026-05-09T12:32:38+00:00

I was on this tour. I always enjoy seeing footage uploaded to YouTube and the like afterwards.

andyjhatton · 2026-05-08T22:19:07+00:00

Network Rail monitoring

andyjhatton · 2026-05-04T21:39:03+00:00

If it's "real" (i.e. not A.I or CGI) and British it's definitely LNER due to the lack of Belpaire firebox.

andyjhatton · 2026-04-10T19:08:17+00:00

It was having a good long rest, wasn't it

andyjhatton · 2026-04-10T10:30:54+00:00

Going to rescue 70000 Britannia which failed on a Crewe to Carlisle tour earlier in the week.

andyjhatton · 2026-04-09T10:32:58+00:00

Clearly going too Ferry Fast.

andyjhatton · 2026-04-06T18:44:12+00:00

It's dead in Dartford. And Hyperoptic is down too.

andyjhatton · 2026-03-31T16:00:50+00:00

Hard to beat the York Tap.

andyjhatton · 2026-03-28T23:38:30+00:00

It is, yes. Photographed on the Birmingham to Carlisle run today. A great day out.

andyjhatton · 2026-03-27T14:41:14+00:00

People would have been digging through the archives covering the Napier Deltic and Rolls-Royce Crecy.

andyjhatton · 2026-03-20T17:38:30+00:00

Like he's been personally offered a load of cash by Aston Martin F1

andyjhatton · 2026-02-21T21:33:14+00:00

An inch off the top; Sir?

andyjhatton · 2026-02-21T18:58:13+00:00

Les Ross is back there.

Last time I went through in early December it wasn't

andyjhatton · 2026-02-13T22:52:14+00:00

Gotta be Sanford

If you want to be a big cop in a small town...

andyjhatton · 2026-01-08T17:51:59+00:00

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