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jnc gefällt Sulzermans Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Using diesel may cost, idk, £500 more per day but if the result is a guaranteed steam journey with 2253, the trip it will pay for itself. Using a class 37 could put off 50 to 100 or more people a day.
9 Juli 2026 um 11:18 -
jnc gefällt The Green Howardss Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
From the Science Museum website:
9 Juli 2026 um 11:18 -
jnc gefällt brennans Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Basic thermodynamics. Whilst heat transfer in the boiler is reasonably efficient the open steam cycle used in a locomotive is horribly inefficient. A diesel engine has an efficiency in the order of 30% to 40% then there are transmission losses....
9 Juli 2026 um 11:18 -
jnc gefällt MellishRs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
In general it seems undesirable to use any kind of oil as fuel that could be used as food. Used cooking oil is another matter. Even if you are going to use fresh rapeseed oil, why cold pressed?
9 Juli 2026 um 11:17 -
jnc gefällt 60044s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Back in the day, the Grosmont coaling tower was essentially built by a member of the shed staff , mostly from scrap items. The main part was a hopper from a disused household coal yard. If the NYMR were to want to replicate it at Pickering, it...
9 Juli 2026 um 01:36 -
jnc gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
For normal operations, there is no coal at the Pickering end and all locos are coated at Grosmont during the day. For special events where locos are stabled at New Bridge and don’t go to Grosmont, a supply of coal is provided at Pickering and the...
9 Juli 2026 um 01:36 -
jnc gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The Grosmont tower also requires a JCB with bucket to load it up, but the hopper can be loaded and refilled at any time and isn't as time critical as loading up a loco directly.
9 Juli 2026 um 01:35 -
jnc gefällt Chris M Joness Beitrag in dem Thema The Gwili Railway thread.
Well done the loco crew and guard
8 Juli 2026 um 21:56 -
jnc gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Which tender are you talking about, and what is the fuel capacity? In any case, all such discussion is a bit moot unless you know the respective fuel consumptions. For example, if a steam loco manages 70lb coal / mile (a reasonable total figure...
8 Juli 2026 um 16:31 -
jnc gefällt 60044s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Is it that a reasonable increase? Assuming the tender holds 5 tons of coal at £400/ton that would be £2000 in coal - and what you are suggesting is a 150% more. If my car's fuel bill rose by 150% I'd be a bit unhappy!
8 Juli 2026 um 16:31 -
jnc gefällt Firelines Beitrag in dem Thema North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.
Ex-BR too, if you really want to split hairs..... :)
8 Juli 2026 um 16:30 -
jnc gefällt Hicks19862s Beitrag in dem Thema North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.
Just announced on the FB page that the N2 will be officially returning to service on 17th July. Good to have an ex-LNER locomotive back in operation. Hopefully to be joined by the B12 next year and the Y14 in the not too far off future.
8 Juli 2026 um 16:30 -
jnc antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As I expect you'd worked out, unless a government is particularly clueless, they will realise that it takes work to set up a new taxing regime - work which unlikely to be paid back, if there's very little of the thing being taxed. Of course,...
8 Juli 2026 um 11:35 -
jnc gefällt 60044s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'd suggest that the real risk of taxation coming will depend on whether it comes to be seen as a potential alternative to diesel (or diesel-like mixes) for road or domestic heating use. I don't think use as fuel just for steam locomotives is...
8 Juli 2026 um 11:30 -
jnc gefällt 60044s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The NYMR has attracted press attention for its oil firing experiment: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/07/heritage-steam-trains-ditch-coal-to-avoid-heatwave-wildfire/ It is interesting to note that currently HMRC does not tax cold...
8 Juli 2026 um 00:59
