Sheff's Recent Activity
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Sheff liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It's not a Stills boiler; its TTO 43654. Can't you read? ;) I note that, when Moors Line was first re-vamped a couple of years ago, the names of the paid editorial team that replaced volunteer editor John Hunt was proudly mentioned on the back...
Apr 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM -
Sheff liked 26D_M's post in the thread Great Britain XVIII: 18/4 -25/4/26.
My understanding from a recent conversation at the lineside is that something of that sort has already happened. Whatever the diagnosis and proposed rectification work, unless it is very straightforward, the loco can't really be spared from...
Apr 21, 2026 at 5:16 PM -
Sheff liked Victor's post in the thread Tulyar.
That's a damn good looking locomotive. a dream.................2 engines, 10 on the hook, out of KX.
Apr 21, 2026 at 11:05 AM -
Sheff replied to the thread Great Britain XVIII: 18/4 -25/4/26.
That’s X-rated stuff. If she was a horse she’d have been put out of her misery long since. Remind me just how much people paying to be part of this? I suppose at least for those in the Mk2s their ears are spared the agony.
Apr 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM -
Sheff liked Sidmouth's post in the thread Great Britain XVIII: 18/4 -25/4/26.
Almost too painful to watch . Off beat , stuck drain cock and at one point only two discernable beats
Apr 21, 2026 at 10:15 AM -
Sheff liked Meatman's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
The new stretch of track bed is number 38 on the BYVRT map, 277 metres at Narracott including the old bridge, thats north of Bratton Fleming BYVRT has a new chairman. Bruce Knights Spring track bed walk is along the route that has been secured...
Apr 21, 2026 at 7:18 AM -
Sheff replied to the thread Great Britain XVIII: 18/4 -25/4/26.
Reached Carlisle 50 down.
Apr 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM -
Sheff replied to the thread Great Britain XVIII: 18/4 -25/4/26.
Now left over an hour down. Doesn’t look good.
Apr 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM -
Sheff replied to the thread Great Britain XVIII: 18/4 -25/4/26.
Possibly an RTT glitch, but appears to an hour late leaving Hellifield?
Apr 20, 2026 at 4:43 PM -
Sheff liked Bikermike's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
Wiki says built in 1906, so I'm afraid you have missed contractual limitation by a mere 120 years. Unless the contract was executed as a deed, it's only 114 years late. That's before you get to the problem of privity of contract. I hate to...
Apr 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM -
Sheff liked brennan's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
In LTC Rolt's autobiography he recounts that in about 1955 the line, beside which he lived at Stanley Pontlarge, was closed for six months for major civil engineering works. He had discussion with the chief civil engineer who said that the...
Apr 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM -
Sheff liked ragl's post in the thread Great Britain XVIII: 18/4 -25/4/26.
Under a waxing Moon, 34028 forges past Felhampton, on the way to the summit at Little Stretton. Almost dark as the Sun had set ages ago, there was but a smidgen of data on the histogram............. [ATTACH] Cheerz, Alan
Apr 20, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Sheff replied to the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Thanks. He does like to splash the cash. Seen him on the Jacobite amongst other places.
Apr 19, 2026 at 2:36 PM -
Sheff liked Dan Hill's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
I think the MHR owns something like a 75% stake in the loco, with the original owning group owning the remaining 25%. I think the Swiss individual has just provided funds for the overhaul.
Apr 19, 2026 at 2:35 PM -
Sheff liked 26D_M's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Think he has underwritten the overhaul to a significant extent. Also a Director of R&S (E) Ltd, Bury, where the loco is being overhauled. He's German, but lives in Switzerland, heir to a fortune made from chocolate .... "34007 is owned by...
Apr 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
