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26D_M's Recent Activity

  1. 26D_M liked Sheff's post in the thread Steamtown Carnforth.

    Was there no obligation on WCRC to maintain this?

    Sep 24, 2026 at 5:56 PM

  2. 26D_M liked 2857Harry's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.

    [IMG] Reflections by Harry Bradley, on Flickr

    Sep 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM

  3. 26D_M liked MellishR's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    There seems some uncertainty as to what steam locos were available for traffic and therefore how much steam operation there might have been in the absence of fire risk; but anyway in some periods there was hardly any apart from Tornado. Insofar...

    Sep 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM

  4. 26D_M liked Big Al's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.

    Journey's end today at Mallaig on a beautiful day in the West Highlands. Added bonus - Ian Riley was in charge of his own loco. [ATTACH]

    20260923_123604.jpg Sep 23, 2026 at 2:19 PM

  5. 26D_M liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    For clarity, I would have had no issue had the railway declared a moratorium on steam operations and the lack of one (certainly south of Goathland) surprised me / brought the cynic out in me due to the visitors (delete as applicable). But it...

    Sep 22, 2026 at 8:32 PM

  6. 26D_M liked jnc's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    They're stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place, and thus desperately trying to find a way to have their cake, and eat it too. The right answer would have been to not go there to begin with, but they are probably close enough to the edge...

    Sep 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM

  7. 26D_M liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I think the general feeling seems to be that fire risk was a convenient cover story for the underlying situation that no steam engines were available and that that was a consequence of one or two factors, lack of people to maintain and/or lack of...

    Sep 22, 2026 at 8:22 PM

  8. 26D_M liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    There are examples in the past of items that were scrapped despite not being owned by the NYMR - a set of 4 axles owned by the LNERCA with good tyres that "disappeared" in one drive They weren't recognised as being for Mk 1s by the "expert" and...

    Sep 21, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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