Total/Partial Steam Ban 2014

They'll just stick their heads out the window on the morning of the tour !

 

How long is the fire brigade strike going to last.

 

Until someone blinks given the current stand-off.

 

Of course. You know i don't do short tho.

 

Judging by recent events, they wait for something to set light to the lineside then ban everything until the next rainy season. A few (quick) thunderstorms aren't going to make any great effect. It needs a few days of rain.

 

maybe hop over to this side the pond make a trip out to the Cumbres & Toltec. Ride the train and enjoy the yards the engine house, the machine shops , the rotary )locomotive servicing freight and passenger shots.

 

Ah your forgetting the seasons of steam...

Spring steam ban due to late running engineering works
Summer steam ban due to lack of rain
Autumn steam ban due to leaf fall
Winter steam ban due to wrong type of snow

There's always a reason for a diesel.

Add in a sprinkling of Unionsist action to fill in the gaps and watch the coal turn to dust.

 

Well there is no VT 5043 ban

 

Eh? Why do you think 5943 is special case? Would they not be using it on the Shakespeare Express tomorrow if it was?

 

Not round here me old fruit, Snow is good for keeping the track clear of those pesky EMU's

 

Clan line was converted to a tender drive motor years ago.

More steam comes out of its tender than its chimney

 

I thought that was condensed cold air from the footplate crews champagne chiller? The only mob I know who eat canapés off the stirling silver shovel.

 

And it's clever how they can still make the driving wheels slip just like in the good ol' days.

 

Surely the obvious solution to the surplus of unrestored MNs is to convert some to steam outline diesels to be used during fire risk season.
Joking.

 

Oil fired steam locos....

 

Quite agree and MNs with steel boxes might be good converts. Still requires money in vast quantities as well as derogation for the mods though.

 

And then paint them WCRC Maroon..