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  1. 26D_M replied to the thread Oil Firing.

    Sometimes driven by parties with a vested interest and no accountability .....

    Jul 30, 2026 at 2:33 PM

  2. 26D_M replied to the thread Oil Firing.

    Weren't some B1s given steel boxes?

    Jul 30, 2026 at 1:05 PM

  3. 26D_M liked TonyW's post in the thread Oil Firing.

    At the Festiniog we used to just "turn them off", and that would be it. So, presumably, the answer to your question is "Yes". The loco would then be cleaned and inspected on an outdoors pit then driven - gently - back in to the shed usually...

    Jul 30, 2026 at 12:24 PM

  4. 26D_M liked torgormaig's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I had a memorable run to Battersby one glorious spring evening firing to Fletch (the late John Fletcher) on Tornado. We only went from Grosmont, not Whitby, and as you say it was a short lived experiement but what a lovely evening turn it was - a...

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