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Steve liked torgormaig's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I had a memorable run to Battersby one glorious spring evening firing to Fletch (the late John Fletcher) on Tornado. We only went from Grosmont, not Whitby, and as you say it was a short lived experiement but what a lovely evening turn it was - a...
Jul 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Steve liked LMS2968's post in the thread Oil Firing.
They might have been used widely by the private builders for the export market but they were not used, at least extensively, by the Big Four. I don't know of any GWR use of steel boxes, and bearing in mind their tendency to use brass and copper...
Jul 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM -
Steve liked torgormaig's post in the thread Oil Firing.
Considering that Ahorns died a century ago his comments are hardly relevant to subsequent locomotive development. Steel fireboxes were widely used in the British locomotive construction industry between the wars, just not by the Big Four...
Jul 30, 2026 at 4:13 PM -
Steve liked torgormaig's post in the thread Oil Firing.
A couple of points about this oil firing lark, if I may be permitted as someone who knows very little about it. The issue that Tom raises about the need for a steam supply surely refers to the heavy Bunker C type oil used in Holcroft's day...
Jul 30, 2026 at 10:52 AM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That's pretty much it, I think. When the NYMR started running over theEVL, its safety case allowed it to run to Battersby, including 45 mph running. One of the drivers for this was the idea of running evening diners from Whitby to Battersby....
Jul 30, 2026 at 10:48 AM -
Steve liked StoneRoad's post in the thread Oil Firing.
Think that I remember being told that you can use compressed air to "light up" until there's enough steam pressure to run through the "atomiser" Both the Festiniog & Rheidol have done coal to oil and back to coal conversions. I know the former...
Jul 29, 2026 at 10:07 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
@5944’s post and my response seem to have sparked a lot of comment. I used the term park and ride and period shouldn’t have. What I think both of us are saying is than opportunity has been missed. The end of October is unlikely to be a time when...
Jul 29, 2026 at 9:40 PM -
Steve liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think people are getting hung up on the term “park and ride”. Does the NYMR provide a sensible park and ride service to Whitby in the sense you’d understand it in other major cities? Of course not, it couldn’t provide a viable service on...
Jul 29, 2026 at 9:14 PM -
Steve liked Spamcan81's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Will be visiting North Yorkshire in mid September so thought I'd take a look at ticket prices. The website is a tad confusing to put it mildly.
Jul 29, 2026 at 9:10 PM -
Steve liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I tend to agree with this. If it were a simple park and ride operation you'd think people would be better off using the Northern Rail options/stations. If Grosmont parking was enhanced for such an operation I imagine a lot of customers would just...
Jul 29, 2026 at 11:17 AM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You might not do it but there are plenty who would combine a trip on the Railway with a visit to Whitby as part of their day out. You’re assuming that you can get a parking space in Whitby. You might be lucky, especially if you get there early...
Jul 29, 2026 at 10:52 AM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Car parking in Whitby over Goth weekend is a nightmare. Providing a park and ride from Pickering with a bit of advertising would surely have filled the trains. Not rocket science.
Jul 29, 2026 at 9:16 AM -
Steve liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Liking that post is perhaps the wrong message, but it does seem remarkable that of all the days you choose not to run to your key destination, you choose the one where it is expected to be busy! Tom
Jul 29, 2026 at 9:11 AM -
Steve liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
https://www.railwaytouring.net/the-whitby-goth-express RTC taking a railtour to Whitby on the Friday of half term for Whitby Goth Weekend, only made possible because despite it being school holidays, NYMR aren't running services that day....
Jul 29, 2026 at 9:10 AM
