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Steve liked torgormaig's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You would think that a fireman would know - The harder the engine is worked the harder he/she has to work:). Peter
May 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM -
Steve liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Well, that surprises me - my entirely subjective experience is that 80151 seems lighter work! Tom
May 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
A Black 5 turns the scales at 125.5 tons, a 4MT tank at 86.7 tons. That’s a tad short of 39 tons the tank doesn’t have to move around (that’s about the same as a mk1 full of passengers) so will have to do a lot less actual work. They are both...
May 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Selling Mulberries and Stape would be of no real benefit. Mulberries is in hock to Santander and Stape to the NHMF. It's the same with much of the railway.
May 12, 2026 at 6:07 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The NYMR doesn't need the teak coaches; that's true, but they sure as heck should want them.
May 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That has all been very quiet, which has to be unusual for such an event. I've seen nothing on what happened elsewhere other than a 'Swiss Cheese' happening and only a couple of third hand comments on what actually happened.
May 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
An interesting concept. The NYMR does hire ot the railway for filming, etc. so it would not be a huge step to hire it out for a gala.
May 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM -
Steve liked jonathonag's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
I also think a few things need to be set out here. I don't believe anybody here has said it outright cannot happen. Like any proposal, the overall idea likely can be achieved. In fact, there is a scenario of mainline TOC operating a service...
May 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think it would require a nut and bolt assessment. It has spent time in Poland and I've heard some tales of what they did to keep them in service. Not sure now if it is 2253 but I've seen one with a left side coupling rod on the right, simply...
May 12, 2026 at 11:20 AM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I can remember 2857 doing so but it depends how you define recent memory.
May 12, 2026 at 10:10 AM -
Steve liked 26D_M's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
S160s have a comparatively short wheelbase for an 8 coupled loco I think, plus a bogie tender is an asset running backwards.
May 12, 2026 at 10:08 AM -
Steve liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Yes for the gradient but only one of them can go to Whitby which is the bread and butter requirement.
May 12, 2026 at 10:06 AM -
Steve replied to the thread SVR General Discussion.
The simple solution would be for SVR crews to be passed out on whatever units are going to be used and for them to take over. As for changing over rule books, the NYMR do it with no problem so, if there's a will it could happen. Having said...
May 12, 2026 at 10:01 AM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As someone who has driven 76079 many times on 7 coach trains, I’d say that it is more than capable. Its Achilles heel has been its firebox with it regularly suffering from leaking tubes. This has been put down to the work it was doing.
May 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with your analysis. You can add to that Antwerp and Meteor, which, although not owned by the NYMR, were on a run and repair arrangement. No. 5 may have been similar and let’s not forget the LNERCA teak...
May 12, 2026 at 8:37 AM
