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torgormaig liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Not wrong there, Peter. Oil firing can be used on copper boxes but they tend to suffer more as a result as flame temperatures can reach well over 2000degC and even with protective refractory insulation, they will feel it. You don't get blue...
May 9, 2026 at 11:24 PM -
torgormaig replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think that you need to think carefully which locos are suitable (in their current form) for conversion to oil firing. S160s, yes- WD 2-10-0s yes- Bulleid Pacifics yes - but the rest, I'm not so sure. As I understand it, the rapid temperature...
May 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM -
torgormaig replied to the thread 6024 King Edward 1.
Seat? They are for the old codger known as the driver. Those of us at the coal face think the "fireman's seat" is where the footplate passenger goes to be out of the way - but when there are two people to occupy it it doesn't work very well:(....
May 9, 2026 at 10:09 AM -
torgormaig replied to the thread 6024 King Edward 1.
That's all very well for the driver but makes life very difficult for the fireman. The driver stays in one place but the firemans job entails him moving about the cab, needing room to swing his shovel and also keep a good lookout from his side of...
May 9, 2026 at 7:56 AM -
torgormaig liked Mike Wylie's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
Ha ha, true story. Not been the same for a few years. Was great in its day.
May 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM -
torgormaig liked Apollo12's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
The Grog was dead a year or so ago when they stopped doing curly fries.
May 6, 2026 at 1:05 PM
