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Sheff replied to the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
Making it look easy. Lovely clean exhaust, Tangers take note!
Jul 1, 2026 at 4:23 PM -
Sheff liked nige757's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
60532 Seen from high above Helwith Bridge by kind permission of the landowner. [MEDIA]
Jul 1, 2026 at 4:23 PM -
Sheff liked Oswald T Wistle's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
If last week was "El Scorchio!" this week saw temperatures fall to more sensible values, throw in some periods of rain and it had become a very much more typical summer. "Flaming June" had gone, into July and the days are becoming shorter,...
Jul 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM -
Sheff replied to the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
Halcyon days indeed.
Jul 1, 2026 at 10:58 AM -
Sheff liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
The extended caption that will go with this photo in my South African steam loco memoirs book is below. 22 April 1985 and 25NC 3436 ‘Molly’ looked and sounded in superb condition flat out storming past Kalkbult on the 19 coach afternoon stopping...
Jul 1, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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Sheff liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
The heaviest I saw on Kimblerley to De Aar was 21 coaches on the Oranje Express in 1991. When steam had been put back on that train for certain weekends. I think that would have topped 800 tons. Utter thrash from 25NC 3467 most of the way from...
Jul 1, 2026 at 10:56 AM -
Sheff liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Great memories both, thanks for sharing.
Jul 1, 2026 at 8:58 AM -
Sheff liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Back when I worked on the W&L in the late 80s there were several locals who used the train every market day to go shopping in Welshpool. The last return was often late while we waited for them to struggle back with their shopping. And one old...
Jul 1, 2026 at 8:58 AM -
Sheff liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
We used to stop at Farwath several times a week to take the lady who lived at the farm there to and from Pickering. She didn’t drive and used to make besom brooms which she sold in the market. All part of a service long gone.
Jul 1, 2026 at 7:13 AM -
Sheff liked garth manor's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Pity as walkers they never tried to open Farwath as a halt, pleasant trek from Pickering, slightly tricky from Levisham.
Jun 30, 2026 at 10:35 PM -
Sheff liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That's basically it. One of the problems of running a steam loco to Whitby is that it has to have a fitness to run exam every morning and, if it fails, it can't be used. It can't have an FTR the evening before to check that all is OK. Well, it...
Jun 30, 2026 at 8:56 PM -
Sheff replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
From what I read in the house magazine, the KWVR is one possible exception.
Jun 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM -
Sheff liked SECR 65's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I went on holiday to Yorkshire in summer 2023 (I think). We, as a train loving family, went to a variety of heritage lines. I'll talk here about the NYMR and the KWVR. In the case of the former, we stayed for a week near Grosmont. In the latter...
Jun 30, 2026 at 1:51 PM -
Sheff liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
This is a change that has been increasingly obvious just looking around at the pubs I frequent. With 38% of the population now over 50, perhaps not surprising. It poses one of the many challenges of adaptation required by heritage railways.
Jun 30, 2026 at 1:49 PM -
Sheff replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
For me, no steam, no go. (Maybe for a 50% discount, but only if I’m in the area and I need to make the trip for other reasons).
Jun 30, 2026 at 12:03 PM
