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  1. Sheff liked class8mikado's post in the thread BR Double blastpipes.

    Simples... So when comparing say a BR Standard 4 to a Royal Scot , have a think about the individual cylinder sizes and how many, and max boiler pressure and the ' Hydraulic depth' of the tube bank you are pulling at and the size of grate you...

    Aug 6, 2026 at 10:14 AM

  2. Sheff liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    The Bridge 42 saga just keeps giving. In the latest Moors line there's a piece about it as you would expect. In it they give the updated fundraising target of £950k, split between the two phases. Phase 1 was the temporary propping 'Has...

    Aug 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM

  3. Sheff replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    What is the Tornado offer, not Whitby I assume, and what’s the premium vs Whitby?

    Aug 2, 2026 at 9:59 AM

  4. Sheff liked ianh1's post in the thread BR Standard class 6 No. 72010 'Hengist' and Clan Discussion Thread.

    Welding is Diamond Engineerings expertise and they have weld procedures for manganese steel. It's a very similar job to the bogie where manganese liners were welded onto the axleboxes and onto the liners for the axlebox guides

    Aug 2, 2026 at 6:57 AM

  5. Sheff replied to the thread Minimum age for volunteer crews.

    I don’t know if this is the same as the HRA’s guidance, but just cane across this whilst on the ORR site …. https://www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/young-volunteers-supported-play-their-part-heritage-railways-following-new-safety-guidance

    Jul 31, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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