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  1. 26D_M replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    I suppose the answer to that, in part, is how onerous it is to assess and pass someone once they have a ticket for 25, say, for a 33? Plus variants of sub class?! I'm sure its possible to do some serious damage by being unaware of a small but...

    Jul 28, 2026 at 1:35 PM

  2. 26D_M liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    I think we are going away from fire risk, so maybe this is worth its own thread, but I suspect - on heritage railways at least, I can't speak for mainline operators - there is an element of "we do it that way because we always have". In BR days,...

    Jul 28, 2026 at 1:04 PM

  3. 26D_M replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    That's not exactly how it would work because a 57xx has some features which a 28xx doesn't and vice versa so distinct knowledge and competence would need to be demonstrated. As another example 828 and 1300 are both on paper ex LMS 0-6-0 tender...

    Jul 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM

  4. 26D_M replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    It was true from my time on the footplate [at ELR] that you were signed off for different traction types within the broad steam category. So you might be passed out for LMS/BR std but not GWR, LNER until further competence shown. Then there might...

    Jul 28, 2026 at 11:04 AM

  5. 26D_M replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    The largest loco I've seen fitted with a 'basket' was an NCB Austerity at Graig Merthyr Colliery. The duty involved taking trains of empties up a steeply graded 2 mile branch in a narrow valley. So I imagine there was significant propensity to...

    Jul 28, 2026 at 9:46 AM

  6. 26D_M liked LMS2968's post in the thread Oil Firing..

    They certainly weren't fitted in Britain.

    Jul 28, 2026 at 9:30 AM

  7. 26D_M replied to the thread East Lancashire Railway.

    First visit to ELR since August 1993? Although 499 was at Bury for quite while in the 90s IIRC.

    Jul 28, 2026 at 9:30 AM

  8. 26D_M replied to the thread Oil Firing..

    I seem to recall from when ex Turkey 8274 was at Bury it is fitted with a welded steel firebox. Presumably the one now with SRPS is the same. Would these have been replacements fitted in Turkey having been built with copper?

    Jul 28, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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