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Sheff liked ilvaporista's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I could be accused of over simplification but did the passenger figures during oil firing on the ffestiniog suffer due to the fuel used? I don't remember families walking away. If it goes chuff and blows out steam, that is enough for most people...
Jul 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM -
Sheff liked NGChrisW's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
From my own experience when I visited last year another negative in terms of visitors experience with the use of diesels is that within a very short time of having left Pickering the coaches were full of the unpleasant smell of diesel fumes which...
Jul 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM -
Sheff liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
One other piece of good news is that NELPG are planning to stage a special gala on the NYMR, featuring all four of their engines, on 24/25th October - if all goes to plan it will be the first time in 60 years that all four engines have been seen...
Jul 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM -
Sheff replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Can’t ’Like’ that but it does force home to me that the many concurring views on here really do have substance and that change is long overdue.
Jul 14, 2026 at 9:58 AM -
Sheff liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
To be fair I think we all understand the need for diesels to cover when steam fails or dry spells make it dangerous and irresponsible to use steam, particularly through moorland. The reason the NYMR gets a bad rep with them is the excessive use...
Jul 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM -
Sheff liked Allegheny's post in the thread GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
Electrical equipment has a "Continuous Maximum Rating" (CMR) which, as the name implies, is the maximum output it can produce continuously before its life is shortened by excessive temperature. For short periods the output can be much higher, in...
Jul 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM -
Sheff liked LMS2968's post in the thread GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
Yes it can, but there are still limits as to the power which can be generated and then delivered; diesels (and electrics) do not have super powers when it comes to climbing gradients. There are still limits. There are advantages and...
Jul 13, 2026 at 7:58 AM -
Sheff liked twr12's post in the thread RTC: Eddystone to York - 11/07/26.
What has to be remembered, when moaning about the diesel doing most of the work, that the cross section of passengers on the train means that there is practically no option to cancel the train when Network Rail impose Red restrictions to steam...
Jul 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM -
Sheff liked ghost's post in the thread New build M&GN C class.
Neither project would be mentioned here as this is a thread for a specific standard gauge loco. Gowrie is mentioned in several of the FR threads. The ZA6 has its own thread which was updated in March 2026. If you have updates, feel free to...
Jul 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM -
Sheff liked Jamessquared's post in the thread GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
So just imagine the logistics for a while. In the normal scenario, a loaded rain comes to rest at Tebay (for Shap). The banker runs onto the back from a convenient siding; within a few minutes the train is back on its way. The banker drops off...
Jul 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM -
Sheff replied to the thread GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
But was only for short bursts up the bank, with time between turns to clean the fire and box it up again .
Jul 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM -
Sheff liked Steve's post in the thread GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
Unburnt coal going up the chimney; plain and simple. You need to define what you mean by char but, in my book it is unburnt coal or, more exactly, partially burnt coal which has lost its volatile content but still contains unburnt carbon. That’s...
Jul 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM -
Sheff liked Jamessquared's post in the thread GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
And the overall financial efficiency of that? You are falling into the same trap as everyone else, finding ever more elaborate workarounds to enable one technological option while ignoring the total cost of operation. Tom
Jul 11, 2026 at 11:52 AM
