60044s letzte Aktivitäten

60044 antwortete auf das Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

Describing it as a panic buy was perhaps a bit of a hyperbole on my part, but your description of its purchase is at least trending towards the words I used. As a buy, it makes me think of the (probably apocryphal) Irish saying, My own...

60044 antwortete auf das Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

I doubt very much whether the MHR bought it because of it's "historic" past. In the wake of the departure of the Bunch-owned locos, and the lack of clarity over the ownership of some others that remained, there was an urgent need to replace them...

60044 antwortete auf das Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

60044 antwortete auf das Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

......but none of that related in the previous post really gets to terms with the fact that it is an extravagant loco for day to day services on 5 coach trains on the MHR, where 41312 is adequate for most services. My advice would be to enjoy it...

60044 gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema 82045 The way ahead?.

GWR fans must have a sense of humour. After all, they support the GWR.;)

60044 antwortete auf das Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

I read the article, and was surprised that no mention was made of the Ivatt tank, which I thought is now owned by the railway. It has recently been a mainstay of services, and seems to cope perfectly well with all that is asked of it, but...

60044 antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing.

I have never heard of one exploding, either, not even in a crashed LPG-fuelled car, so the concern expressed in an earlier seems a bit alarmist.

60044 antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing.

The point I was trying to make is that costs are usually looked at in a very simple way, from a monetary point of view, but in reality they should be looked at in a much wider context. None of us really pay for pollution in monetary terms, but...