Steves letzte Aktivitäten
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Steve antwortete auf das Thema Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
People have short memories. Back in June 2022 I was paying c187p/litre for petrol (I no longer had a diesel vehicle so didn't record diesel prices) but it didn't really stop things happening.
26 März 2026 um 19:17 -
Steve gefällt free2grices Beitrag in dem Thema S&D 7F 53809 / 13809 restoration.
Excellent news from the 13809 Preservation Society. <BJ> Locomotive 13809 is one of only two surviving ex–Somerset & Dorset 7F 2-8-0 steam locomotives. Built in 1925, it served faithfully alongside ten sister engines until withdrawal in 1964,...
26 März 2026 um 11:03 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As a ball park figure I reckon on 1.5 tons for a round trip from Pickering to Whitby and back with a standard 7 coach train. My guessing stick makes that a round 70 lb/mile. I once recorded a well-known Bluebell driver on a firing trip between...
26 März 2026 um 10:07 -
Steve gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Yes to the first question - it is the total coal consumption (tons bought in a year divided by miles run - I think it was about 2017 when I did the calculation but I might be wrong). So that inflates the coal consumption, you aren't necessarily...
26 März 2026 um 09:44 -
Steve gefällt cksteams Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The turntable was made operational again in October and was used to release one of the LNERCA carriages during the multitude of moves they were doing in the latter third of last year. If its gone awry again since then that would be bad luck, but...
26 März 2026 um 09:29
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Steve gefällt torgormaigs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Is the Pickering turntable back in use again? It certainly was awaiting repairs at the back end of last season and if it cannot be used then we are stuck with the locos facing as they are now. Current instructions are that the steam loco is to be...
26 März 2026 um 07:44 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I must have missed the instruction to use Goathland water but I am very much on the fringe of things, these days. . It is on a par with that at Grosmont. I agree that the operations team are good and well up to the job. They need to be under the...
25 März 2026 um 23:17 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Who on here has a grudge about the NYMR.? I certainly don’t I do have a strong concern about how the railway is being run and the direction it is going in, as do a significant number of others, including volunteers and paid staff.
25 März 2026 um 23:00 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I’m going to disagree, I’m afraid. With the current method of working, in my opinion, the best place for the steam loco is going to be the north end. That way it does the work and is viewable by the public at Goathland. On the south end it is...
25 März 2026 um 22:38 -
Steve gefällt Drewry Cars Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Meanwhile, in the North Bay at Scarborough a banner invites people to meet 37264. Sadly the people responsible for this are unable to spell the fuel it runs on... How many marketing Professionals does it take to spellcheck 9 words? [ATTACH]
25 März 2026 um 22:31
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Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
W Well, you asked so here goes. In normal times and with a 7 coach train I reckon on 2500 gallons for a round trip. As the height of climbers is pretty much the same in both directions that puts it at about 1250 gallons for each direction over...
25 März 2026 um 22:27 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As mentioned by @unslet, it is to allow access for a crane. This will be needed for the intended propping work and thee is nowhere practical to site it except on the formation between the road and the bridge.
24 März 2026 um 22:45 -
Steve antwortete auf das Thema Dean Forest Railway.
Pure speculation by me but I suspect that there has been a falling out for some reason as, the last time I met Bill Parker he was at the DFR testing his Prairie loco and it was all very friendly. It was a relatively long time ago, though. Time...
24 März 2026 um 16:55 -
Steve gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema Dean Forest Railway.
I’m also curious about contracts. If there was a signed contract with agreed fees, then changing those at short notice is not really on. But if there was no contract in place - what were the DFR doing advertising locos at a gala when they hadn’t...
24 März 2026 um 16:45
