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  1. 35B liked LMS2968's post in the thread GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.

    I'd like to see the evidence! Even with balancing, which would not eliminate all the out of balance stresses anyway (you can't balance to 100% of the reciprocating masses), and which becomes ever more problematic as speed rises, you still have...

    Jul 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM

  2. 35B liked 26D_M's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    Of course NR carries overall responsibility for the integrity of the network and will assume worst case scenario. What needs to be averted is a situation where episodes like the one under discussion make the 'worst case senario' a fixture of the...

    Jul 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM

  3. 35B liked 26D_M's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    Without a doubt.

    Jul 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM

  4. 35B replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    Probably fair, but I'd expect NR to assume worst case at this time of year. I'm not quite sure how you'd measure it, but I'd have thought fire risk could be assessed in terms of ashpan and chimney "leakage" levels at a given level of working and...

    Jul 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM

  5. 35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I think there's a third leg to this, as the other two are really only facets of senior management (as distinct from task management). Over and above those two, the role of a Chief Exec is to set the tone of the organisation. There's a layer...

    Jul 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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