Steves letzte Aktivitäten
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Steve gefällt 60044s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Back in the day, the Grosmont coaling tower was essentially built by a member of the shed staff , mostly from scrap items. The main part was a hopper from a disused household coal yard. If the NYMR were to want to replicate it at Pickering, it...
8 Juli 2026 um 22:39 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Grosmont coaling tower was largely built in house under the direction of Peter Smeaton. It is a valuable piece of kit; locos can receive several tons of coal in less than a minute, whereas coaling a tender with a bucket loader is a time...
8 Juli 2026 um 22:38 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
For normal operations, there is no coal at the Pickering end and all locos are coated at Grosmont during the day. For special events where locos are stabled at New Bridge and don’t go to Grosmont, a supply of coal is provided at Pickering and the...
8 Juli 2026 um 22:25 -
Steve gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Coaling tower! How the other half live ... ;) (FWIW, we coal using a fork lift truck with a bucket, direct off a concrete apron. It works, subject to needing someone with the relevant fork lift qualification available during the morning. But...
8 Juli 2026 um 22:09 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Whilst possible, it would be a nightmare job . It would have to be tpped on a concrete apron, loaded into a suitable wagon and tripped to Grosmont where it would have to be unloaded. How, would be an interesting converation. I've unloaded 16...
8 Juli 2026 um 21:07 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Coal from one supplier is currently around £330/t delivered with slight variations due to where it has to be delivered to. However, that’s for an artic load and the NYMR can’t accept artics and it has to be delivered in 8 wheelers at a higher...
8 Juli 2026 um 17:38 -
Steve gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Never mind that, HMRC will need to identify the usage, then work on "closing the loophole" and get government to legislate (or pass a Statutory Instrument) to make the change.
8 Juli 2026 um 17:25 -
Steve gefällt 60044s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'd suggest that the real risk of taxation coming will depend on whether it comes to be seen as a potential alternative to diesel (or diesel-like mixes) for road or domestic heating use. I don't think use as fuel just for steam locomotives is...
8 Juli 2026 um 17:25 -
Steve gefällt jncs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As I expect you'd worked out, unless a government is particularly clueless, they will realise that it takes work to set up a new taxing regime - work which unlikely to be paid back, if there's very little of the thing being taxed. Of course,...
8 Juli 2026 um 17:24 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If it remains a little used fuel it is unlikely to be taxed. However, if its use becomes more widespread then it is more likely to happen. How much rapeseed oil is currently used as a fuel?
8 Juli 2026 um 09:59 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
One of the reasons I gave up was because I didn’t want to drive diesels. Not the only reason, though.
7 Juli 2026 um 23:17 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
The early BR diesels were fitted with doors at the ends. However, I don’t think it was to connect with coaches, as on the LNER A4’s. If I’m right it was to enable crews to go between locos when working in tandem, which was common in the early days.
7 Juli 2026 um 23:15 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I don’t think 2253 is quite there yet with some fine tuning still required. Crew competence training hasn’t really started and there’ll be quite a bit of that to do before it will be a regular traffic loco. August is hoped for but I think that...
7 Juli 2026 um 12:31 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Have you thought about using Tricoya instead of plywood? As it's to be painted it should be indistinguishable and should last virtually forever. Pricey but easy to work with.
5 Juli 2026 um 20:19 -
Steve gefällt LMS2968s Beitrag in dem Thema GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
Boiler maintenance and repair is dictated by time, and not even time in steam. Extensions are possible, but the amount of steam generated isn't likely to be a factor. Steam cycles have a greater effect.
4 Juli 2026 um 17:26
