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jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If the original paper is ILE as suggested then I doubt that the IME would have a record of the paper. I'm on holiday at the moment but I should have a copy if it is an ILE paper.
Jul 25, 2026 at 7:03 PM -
jnc liked Stinch's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Ropley this morning. [ATTACH]
Jul 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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jnc liked Trevor Beglin's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Whilst the updates are definitely appreciated I can't help but feel that they're effectively lumping all traction together and treating them as such. It seems that as long as we have three or four locos, regardless of coal, oil or diesel...
Jul 25, 2026 at 11:03 AM -
jnc liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Well this is what Swanage posted on their Facebook on Wednesday, so six round trips = 66 miles, so about £22.72 per mile in coal without any big hills and 5 coach trains. "Did you know it costs around £1,500 a day in coal alone to operate one of...
Jul 25, 2026 at 11:01 AM -
jnc liked Trevor Beglin's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Sorry to be that person but might be worth creating a new thread for oil burning as the threads deviated a little
Jul 25, 2026 at 11:00 AM -
jnc liked Breva's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
When I volunteered with a Dutch club we took over a DB class 42 oil burner. It came from a power station that bought it straight out of service as a standby boiler. When we eventually got it there was evidence of mattress forming in the firebox....
Jul 25, 2026 at 11:00 AM -
jnc liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I suspect that the reason that copper fireboxes may not last as long when oil fired is related to the fact that oil burns hotter than coal and copper melts at a lower temperature than steel. That suggests that you would expect the surface of a...
Jul 25, 2026 at 10:59 AM -
jnc liked TonyW's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I did: *** Copper fireboxes are actually suitable for oil firing and have been used successfully with liquid fuels, meaning the premise that they cannot be used is incorrect. Operational Factors Flame Impingement: Direct contact between a raw,...
Jul 25, 2026 at 10:58 AM -
jnc liked TonyW's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Pretty sure that 3985 used "Bunker C", which is a thick heavy oil often used by ships. It has high viscosity and high energy content, and it requires preheating (by steam) to flow properly. Again, pretty sure, to save time, 4014 acquired 3985's...
Jul 25, 2026 at 10:57 AM -
jnc liked eldomtom2's post in the thread Minimum age for volunteer crews.
Ensuring compliance with safeguarding law is presumably not the ORR's responsibility, though. I don't believe they're responsible for enforcing every single law that might apply to a railway.
Jul 25, 2026 at 10:55 AM -
jnc liked Dunfanaghy Road's post in the thread Minimum age for volunteer crews.
Please enlighten me. If a child doing work is deemed to be employed, and the Equality Act applies to employees, then how are the older volunteers not employees? Pat
Jul 24, 2026 at 11:58 AM -
jnc liked SECR 65's post in the thread Minimum age for volunteer crews.
Yes, there is the 9F Club, for 9-16 year olds, which I have some involvement with. The tasks undertaken, all under supervision of numerous experienced adults, include: Cleaning of engines from ground level Breaking of wood for lighting up of...
Jul 24, 2026 at 12:28 AM -
jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The original plan, as I understand it, was for the Railway's Footplate Inspectors to be trained up on the oil firing and then to cascade it down to the remaining footplate volunteers. At the moment that training is very much in the first phase...
Jul 23, 2026 at 9:09 PM -
jnc liked Kje7812's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
They have been using both.
Jul 23, 2026 at 8:55 PM -
jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Every evening the NYMR Operating Department in conjunction with the MPD produces a planned loco roster for the next day. This is sent to various departments for information and is usually put up on the NYMR’s website first thing in the morning....
Jul 23, 2026 at 8:54 PM
