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green five liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Loco and tender would always travel separately, but essentially we need one lorry trip for the move, rather than two. So there is a saving on transport. Tom
Sep 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM -
green five liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Hasn't run at the Bluebell since 92240 was withdrawn ca. 2000, but the "Awake the Giant" group have been restoring it over the last few years, as the first part in the eventual project to bring 92240 back. So the aim is to have that completed in...
Sep 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM -
green five liked ilvaporista's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think it is more a question of one trailer, rather than one each for engine and tender A very sensible move. That leads me on to another question of any other variations possible of hire locos with already available tenders. Would we see...
Sep 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM -
green five liked std tank's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
All tenders are transported seperately.
Sep 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM -
green five liked pmh_74's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
This sounds like a tender subject...
Sep 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM -
green five liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Well, the front half is ;) Tom
Sep 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM -
green five replied to the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Interesting. The WL website roster still shows 4247 as the Alresford loco for the 2nd to the 4th September. I wonder if a problem has been found? It looks like she has been out for a test run going by the picture on the roster page. We were going...
Sep 3, 2026 at 1:14 AM -
green five liked Wagoniester's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Not sure why, but a friend on portering duty at Ropley today has advised me 35005 is in steam and NOT 4247 as expected. Glad I didn't make the effort to go down today after all.
Sep 3, 2026 at 1:09 AM -
green five liked Steve's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
My experience of S15’s is limited to 825/841 but I have nothing but admiration for them. They may not have the ease of prep and comforts of the BR Standards but they are strong, sure footed and fantastic steamers.
Sep 2, 2026 at 2:55 AM -
green five liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
If the ownership issues are unable to be sorted I guess it has no future. Not sure if there is a legal avenue for the railway to "evict it" or if they are even prohibited from doing that.
Sep 1, 2026 at 8:28 PM -
green five liked Chris86's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
There's got to be some advantages in having 3 similar locos based in the same place (if you include 828) in terms of maintenance, crew familiarity and resulting economy in use. I have often thought that S15s seem well suited to some of the...
Sep 1, 2026 at 8:28 PM -
green five liked 21B's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
That is not the question. In my experience the question tends to be how much effort does it take to keep a Bulleid able to do the work compared to other types. The Jarvis rebuilds are tons better in this regard. The originals are difficult to...
Sep 1, 2026 at 9:36 AM -
green five liked 21B's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
It was not a panic buy. It was bought because the railway required motive power. The loco was in ticket, but near the end of a mainline cert, and the price was attractive. It was always (in my view) an overly expensive locomotive to overhaul,...
Sep 1, 2026 at 9:33 AM -
green five liked 6026 King John's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
This is one of four books I have on the end of Southern Steam. They are all good in their own way. This one is OK, but bear in mind that only about half the book is narrative, the rest is tables of which loco hauled which train on certain dates...
Sep 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM -
green five replied to the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
CanPac has definitely been a great asset for the railway since returning from her lengthy overhaul. She was thrown in at the deep end so to speak when 30506 developed a boiler problem and was out of action for some time. 35005 was the main motive...
Aug 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
