26D_Ms letzte Aktivitäten
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26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Northern Belle 2025.
Reassuring for those with tickets ....
22 April 2026 um 20:02 -
26D_M gefällt Randers Beitrag in dem Thema Northern Belle 2025.
There'll be three air-braked steam locos available first thing Saturday morning at Carnforth - 34067, 44871, and 45407. (Plus 34028 departing for York.)
22 April 2026 um 19:56 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Northern Belle 2025.
I understand there was an NR signalling problem at Castleton which caused the delay but I don't think that was the reason 44871 didn't accompany 5407.
22 April 2026 um 18:34 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Northern Belle 2025.
The expectation seemed to be that it would go north yesterday with 5407 but obviously it didn't.
22 April 2026 um 15:49 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Northern Belle 2025.
From Northern Belle, "If the trip is diesel-hauled, guests will receive a £30 credit per person, equivalent to the steam supplement. While this is unlikely, we believe in being transparent as this is a possibility."
22 April 2026 um 15:34 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema 70013.
But WC is fitting CDL to its entire mk1 fleet, which is dual braked stock, now, according to their latest press release. So unless their CDL system only works with air, by the time 70013 is finished there seems to be a likelihood of compatible...
22 April 2026 um 15:14 -
26D_M gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Dining passengers should be included. It should include anyone who travels on a train. One of the reasons why such information was collected was to enable the ORR to assess risk and target their meagre resources accordingly. A line that...
22 April 2026 um 08:31 -
26D_M gefällt 73108s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Of course there are hundreds of such awards run by trade media and (having in a previous professional life been involved in running a few of them), I hate to break this to the delighted NYMR membership secretary, but they're really not worth the...
22 April 2026 um 08:30 -
26D_M gefällt 21Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Was thinking about the comment on loading. The issue with the MHR is being shorter and therefore the stations being closer together, the problem isn’t that Dave couldn’t haul 6 coaches, but that it cannot keep time with that number. 3, possibly 4...
22 April 2026 um 08:13 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Prodigious loads up lengthy, twisty, steep gradients was the bread and butter for an Austerity at many NCB locations, just without the pesky timetable to worry about ........ Does 'Linda', aka 'Dave', have any of the blastpipe mods which have...
22 April 2026 um 08:13
