Steves letzte Aktivitäten
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Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Not wrong there, Peter. Oil firing can be used on copper boxes but they tend to suffer more as a result as flame temperatures can reach well over 2000degC and even with protective refractory insulation, they will feel it. You don't get blue...
9 Mai 2026 um 19:54 -
Steve gefällt torgormaigs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think that you need to think carefully which locos are suitable (in their current form) for conversion to oil firing. S160s, yes- WD 2-10-0s yes- Bulleid Pacifics yes - but the rest, I'm not so sure. As I understand it, the rapid temperature...
9 Mai 2026 um 19:47 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Whether oil or solid fuel fired, the air flow is primarily controlled by the blastpipe and the driver. It is a wonderfully simple arrangement whereby the more steam that is used, the more that is exhausted through the blastpipe, whether through...
9 Mai 2026 um 19:46 -
Steve gefällt brennans Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The fuel/air mix , unless some very sophisticated controls have been installed, is manually controlled. Achieving smokeless combustion on flash up is practically impossible but the control of smoke when under load will improve as crews gain...
9 Mai 2026 um 19:18 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
It's little different from the NYMR although granted, Pickering is a tad larger than Bishops Lydeard. The majority of people start their day from Pickering and have to have travelled there by road to have done so. Minehead and Whitby are...
9 Mai 2026 um 18:54 -
Steve gefällt 60044s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It's the owners preferred colour, and I think he might have had quite a lot left over after his Garratt No. 132 was painted!
9 Mai 2026 um 18:31 -
Steve gefällt torgormaigs Beitrag in dem Thema 6024 King Edward 1.
Seat? They are for the old codger known as the driver. Those of us at the coal face think the "fireman's seat" is where the footplate passenger goes to be out of the way - but when there are two people to occupy it it doesn't work very well:(....
9 Mai 2026 um 11:25 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema 6024 King Edward 1.
Do I take it that you don’t like giving up your seat to strangers, Peter?;)
9 Mai 2026 um 08:01 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema 6024 King Edward 1.
We tend to think in terms of steam but, on many diesel locos, five people can easily be accommodated; and I don't mean just main line ones. At Middleton last year we had a visit from two Railway inspectors and we took them up the line on a...
8 Mai 2026 um 20:08 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema 6024 King Edward 1.
There's no defined limit. It is usually considered that four is a sensible number on most locos but I can think of those where three is more realistic and others where five and even six can be on board without getting in the way. At the end of...
8 Mai 2026 um 18:33 -
Steve gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema SVR General Discussion.
More than one though. To provide a meaningful service, even just peak hours Monday - Friday, each box will require two staff per day due to the length of day. In which case are they employed part-time just as signallers or full-time, and do they...
8 Mai 2026 um 07:14 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You’re right. My bad reading. :(
7 Mai 2026 um 23:07 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I get the NYMR staff & volunteer weekly newsletter and i've just looked back at it. No mention there of £650K or additional bridges needing propping although I do know that Br.18 has been mentioned previously. Which newsletter are you...
7 Mai 2026 um 21:45 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema 6024 King Edward 1.
I believe it had new, slightly smaller, outside cylinders, lowered cab, chimney and safety valves. Open to correction on that, though; it was a long time ago I was given all the facts by @Aberdare.
6 Mai 2026 um 23:42 -
Steve gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It's not a massive mistake, but like @60044 says, it appears to show a lack of care and attention to detail. The updated timetable is now on the website. It's the beginning of May, the line has been running services for 6 weeks, and that...
3 Mai 2026
