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26D_M replied to the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026.
There's a long history of WC at Hellifield. The partially constructed building was intended to be a sub depot but fell foul of a planning permission dispute. Another regulatory conflict ....
Apr 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM -
26D_M replied to the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026.
Presumably further component recovery is envisaged, otherwise scrap them at 10A. Didn't a load of demics go the other way a year or 2 back?
Apr 29, 2026 at 7:18 PM -
26D_M liked Devonbelle's post in the thread WSR Spring Steam Gala 1-4 May 2026.
Super, looking forward to the gala and planning how I travel behind smaller engines. As a boy in the 70s and young railwayman in the early/mid 80s I enjoyed my many WSR trips - once having Victor and Vulcan double headed and in 1978 Vulcan and...
Apr 29, 2026 at 7:02 PM -
26D_M replied to the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026.
Presumably though useful spares have been removed whilst at 10A? Why then move to Hellifield as an eysore which many of your customers will gaze upon?
Apr 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM -
26D_M liked steam_mad's post in the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026.
Meanwhile, a couple of hundred miles north, the SRPS's MK1 set was today out to test and train staff on the brand new CDL system - no need for salvaged components, the system works with both air and vacuum braked stock and fitted to 8 vehicles in...
Apr 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM -
26D_M replied to the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026.
That'll be something lovely to look at for Northern Belle passengers during a goods loop stop.
Apr 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
