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26D_Ms letzte Aktivitäten

  1. 26D_M antwortete auf das Thema RTC: Tynesider - 4/7/26.

    There is definitely an element of network issues I'm sure John, that's part of the "hassle greater than reward" I was alluding to. It must be tough to retain an appetite for success when the challenges grow ever greater. Essentially the business...

    5 Juli 2026 um 09:44

  2. 26D_M antwortete auf das Thema RTC: Tynesider - 4/7/26.

    It betrays a very peculiar mindset to suggest somebody goes to the trouble and expense of travelling with the aim of being disappointed in order to criticise the operator! On the broader points about 'performance', it seems to me that the heart...

    5 Juli 2026 um 09:11

  3. 26D_M gefällt Big Als Beitrag in dem Thema RTC: Tynesider - 4/7/26.

    I do it just to annoy you two who seem to think WCR can do no wrong. ;) And to prove it why not swallow this one. Today's itinerary was good and it seems that despite the weather up north, we may have been operating under fire risk regs. That...

    5 Juli 2026 um 08:48

  4. 26D_M gefällt Oswald T Wistles Beitrag in dem Thema Saphos Trains 2026.

    If last week was "El Scorchio" then today was "El Gloomio"! The weather was dull and dreary; one forecast was for sunshine and showers, the other for dull, more dull and duller still with an increasing risk of rain. There had been overnight...

    4 Juli 2026 um 22:18

  5. 26D_M gefällt Will RLs Beitrag in dem Thema Saphos Trains 2026.

    It’s been almost a year since I’ve been “out of the game”, so unless things have changed in the meantime the case would be: Green: steam ok Amber: consider use of diesel Red: diesel assisted steam Black: no steam Regional managers would...

    4 Juli 2026 um 22:15

  6. 26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Saphos Trains 2026.

    Presumably the same reason they were left on when the train went into Upperby LSL? It's their business obviously but 4 locos on one train with only the 3 diesels providing the traction, whilst the rain persistently fell, was somewhat comical....

    4 Juli 2026 um 21:44

  7. 26D_M gefällt iancawthornes Beitrag in dem Thema Saphos Trains 2026.

    It has been explained to me that the 20's were present to get 60532 and support coach to Preston under the current fire risk. Timings were not available for the necessary shunt moves to extract the 20's from the consist, so they stayed on for the...

    4 Juli 2026 um 21:35

  8. 26D_M gefällt steam_mads Beitrag in dem Thema No 246 Morayshire.

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Re-wheeled this week at Bo’ness; boiler now in the final stages at LMS too!

    IMG_9877.jpeg IMG_9878.jpeg 4 Juli 2026 um 21:35

  9. 26D_M gefällt 45698Marss Beitrag in dem Thema Saphos Trains 2026.

    I think that leaving the 20's behind the tender just made the logistics easier at the loco changes. For most of Cumbria and North Yorkshire today, I doubt you could have started a lineside fire with anything short of a flamethrower. 60532 et al...

    4 Juli 2026 um 19:56

  10. 26D_M gefällt Waterbucks Beitrag in dem Thema VT : White Rose to York and Scarborough - 4/7/26 (revised).

    [ATTACH] Pontefract this morning.

    20260704_113516.jpg 4 Juli 2026 um 18:01

  11. 26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Saphos Trains 2026.

    I had an idea it was an almost daily review process. Regardless, if the NR data places the Pennines in greater risk category than further east that is diametrically opposed to what Natural England suggests from the Met Office data..... The...

    4 Juli 2026 um 15:02

  12. 26D_M gefällt Gladiator 5076s Beitrag in dem Thema Saphos Trains 2026.

    Black is no steam at all. Red I believe is diesel behind steam, but could be wrong. Way back on one thread it was all explained. Edit I had copied from the original post to my hard drive. Green: Steam ok Amber: consider use of diesel Red:...

    4 Juli 2026 um 14:52

  13. 26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Saphos Trains 2026.

    By reference to Natural England data, the RTC trip certainly travels through what appears to be a higher fire risk area than the Saphos train...... https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/328554206f114fc98c707bfc1b880cf7[IMG]

    4 Juli 2026 um 14:51

  14. 26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Saphos Trains 2026.

    Yes I think red is assisting loco definitely but can't recall if the position in formation is mandated, had an idea it was discretion of the operator. Edit: reading across from the RTC Tynesider thread a DL is on the rear but does the red rating...

    4 Juli 2026 um 14:18
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