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  1. Steve liked 35B's post in the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

    With respect, that is the intention. What is the plan about how you will get them to that position? Edit. I should also have asked, what is that plan based on, and what expertise are you going to be able to draw upon to make it real?

    Mar 5, 2026 at 10:56 PM

  2. Steve replied to the thread The 10A Allocation.

    I always considered 44767 to be a coach better than other Black 5’s in NYMR service.

    Mar 5, 2026 at 10:54 PM

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

    If you go to book tickets it does say Pickering. The tickets are quoted as adult £21.45 and child £24.75, including a hefty 10% booking fee. As said elsewhere it will be a shuttle to New Bridge and back every 35 minutes. Tickets also include a...

    Mar 5, 2026 at 10:47 PM

  4. Steve liked oldmrheath's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    A better one would be to say that due to rising oil prices 2253 is going to be converted back to coal firing. Jon

    Mar 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM

  5. Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Tom has saved me the effort and I agree completely with what he has said. When running tender first uphill you can run with the water almost out of site in the knowledge that when you get to the top of the climb it will go up. However, as 21B...

    Mar 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM

  6. Steve 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 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM

  7. Steve 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 11:06 PM

  8. Steve replied to 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 7:07 PM

  9. Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    And the date for this is........;) I wonder how many more will fall for it?

    Mar 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM

  10. Steve liked LMarsh1987's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Knew it ! You could see this coming a mile off. I'm staying just outside of Whitby for Easter with a family of six and we'd planned to do a Whitby to Pickering return, doubt we'll bother now. Speaking for myself and from a selfish photography...

    Mar 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM

  11. Steve replied to the thread Hunslet ZA6 new build..

    If I click on the festrail appeal link it simply takes me to the under construction za6 site you've also given.

    Mar 2, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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