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  1. Sheff replied to the thread The 10A Allocation.

    Got a list before I dive in? I no longer have the benefit of your inside knowledge.

    Mar 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM

  2. Sheff liked green five's post in the thread The 10A Allocation.

    Are we sure this isn't an "April Fools" wind up by Carnforth as it is the April issue of Trackside? And then it turns out to be 44767 in disguise on the test runs....... They ran 35018 BIL as Bodmin when the MN emerged for its test runs.

    Mar 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM

  3. Sheff liked Andy2857's post in the thread The 10A Allocation.

    It wasn't air braked previously, no.

    Mar 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM

  4. Sheff replied to the thread The 10A Allocation.

    Not airbraked iirc?

    Mar 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM

  5. Sheff liked acorb's post in the thread The 10A Allocation.

    Indeed, SVR reckoned it was in need of considerable work being a victim of the water treatment issues in the early 2000's. Very pleased to hear this, let's hope it can find some useful employment.

    Mar 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM

  6. Sheff liked Kt1995's post in the thread The 10A Allocation.

    Yes digital copy came through last night.

    Mar 5, 2026 at 10:22 AM

  7. Sheff replied to the thread The 10A Allocation.

    Is that this week’s copy?

    Mar 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM

  8. Sheff liked Kt1995's post in the thread The 10A Allocation.

    Latest trackside reports 45110 almost complete and will be run in on a heritage line this spring.

    Mar 5, 2026 at 9:24 AM

  9. Sheff liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    If you have a railway with the peak roughly in the middle and an equally challenging gradient either side you get used to the fact that it is “easy” in only one direction anyway. :)

    Mar 5, 2026 at 9:23 AM

  10. Sheff liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Because of the way the water level changes over a summit. If you have a loco working chimney first, as you go up the hill, the water comes to the back of the loco so the water level reads high in the glass. As you go over the summit and shut the...

    Mar 4, 2026 at 10:03 PM

  11. Sheff liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    People like locos to be going chimney first when working uphill. As a driver I'd prefer to be running uphill tender first, especially if a downhill followed.

    Mar 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM

  12. Sheff liked acorb's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.

    Please no! This is an incredibly poor idea. The whole point of this weekend was to have an event that was accessible to all. Suddenly making some trains 'premium' detracts from that ethos and then people like my mum and daughter miss out on a...

    Mar 4, 2026 at 7:39 AM

  13. Sheff liked Andy Moody's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.

    Ah Well, At least it seems to have diverted people away from the NYMR thread, which like this one is becoming somewhat boring.

    Mar 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM

  14. Sheff liked Bikermike's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.

    You could follow up with a "derelict railways" weekend then an early preservation weekend and culminate in a "festival of complaining" where apparent enthusiast arrive to complain about the fact there are too many people/wrong colour of engines...

    Mar 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM

  15. Sheff liked acorb's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.

    To be followed by a ''Beeching Closure Weekend"?

    Mar 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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