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Steve liked SebWelsh's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
The NRM and Northern Steam have been most helpful with allowing us to turn Sunday into an operating day rather than a static day as planned.
Jul 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Standard run round times in stations is 20 minutes but, when the train is in a platform, that takes place whilst people are getting off and on. The train can't draw forward until all the passengers are off and that takes several minutes. It...
Jul 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The single slip definitely isn't a nice to have. In reality, it is a necessity. Without it, loco hauled trains can't terminate at Goathland because it is not allowed to leave trains in the platform without a loco attached due to the gradient....
Jul 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The tight curves problem was solved when Peter Best bought a traverser for the project. It sat around at New Bridge for a few years before going the way of many things acquired by supporters to help the railway and scrapped.
Jul 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I know its not true and so do most other people. That's why when it was used as the excuse for putting it up for sale, it was just laughable.
Jul 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM -
Steve liked estwdjhn's post in the thread Industrial Loco Updates.
HC1682 left Ruddington for a private site in Derbyshire in March 2024. There is a Facebook page that gets updated sporadically. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561567055426
Jul 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM -
Steve liked Ian Monkton's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
What I wrote about the Minehead level crossing barriers is not tosh - it is completely true. I was not involved in any of the decisions regarding security, so I cannot comment on the training of that, or any other, security guard. Please feel...
Jul 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I’d suggest that the only reason 76079 isn’t considered suitable is to provide an excuse for it being sold. Strange that the ‘ideal’ arrangement as far as the railway is concerned is for someone to buy it, overhaul it and let the railway use it.
Jul 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM -
Steve liked torgormaig's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think the answer is that work on overhauling 75029 has already started, but now stalled while 76079 is still complete and possibly an easier sell. I agree with @60044 that I would also see the latter retained, but the future looks pretty bleak...
Jul 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM -
Steve liked Miff's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
In my view the ‘good grace’ business model is one of the greatest achievements of the Heritage Railway movement. Any director who does not see the importance of motivating people to volunteer so much of their time & money, for nothing but the...
Jul 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM -
Steve liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
It could simply be that it's risker for the last train of the day to be steam hauled than any others, because most of the day something will be along later on to spot a fire before it gets totally out of hand.
Jul 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM -
Steve replied to the thread Bluebell Motive Power.
I was going to say 'How can 6989 be a pig for a fireman to prepare? You only have one gauge glass to clean so less work to do." However, I forgot that on the BB you leave the fires in and have to paddle them out in the morning. I'd have...
Jul 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM -
Steve liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Motive Power.
My personal view is that it is a good loco once it has got past the yard exit dummy. Would be better if it had cab doors and two gauge glasses. From our current fleet, I'd say 65 is the easiest to prepare from a fireman's point of view, and...
Jul 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
