torgormaig's Recent Activity
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torgormaig liked Oswald T Wistle's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
A couple of years ago I was talking to one of the older NT drivers who drove 331s on the Bpool N-Man Airport & Liv LS routes. He told me that the 3 car units were rapid, from a stop in Preston they could reach 100mph by Farington Curve Jn. The...
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torgormaig liked Dan Hill's post in the thread Bluebell Railway | Giants of Steam | 16th-18th October 2026.
Another post on the social media pages, 41313 has been confirmed as the latest guest for Giants of Steam and will be staying on the railway over the winter.
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torgormaig odgovara u temi Vintage Trains 2026.
Very good acceleration in relation to what? I watched a diesel hauled excursion leaving York a few days ago and the driver was gunning it. Even so a bemused passer by was heard to comment about how slow its departure was in comparison with...
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torgormaig liked LMS2968's post in the thread Oil Firing.
I'm not sure we're all on the same wavelength here! There are two separate issues: (i) the use of coal or oil firing; and (ii) the use of copper or steel inner fireboxes. In practice, each of these has advantages and disadvantages over its...
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torgormaig liked Rumpole's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Posted on Facebook:- "We've Been Awarded £249,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund! We're incredibly proud to announce that Swanage Railway has been awarded £249,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund towards our Access for All...
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torgormaig odgovara u temi Oil Firing.
It was part of a government sponsored post war program. Certainly the GW, LMS and Southern all started to convert selected types of locos before the availability of oil became a problem. Bath Green Park shed had oil facilities installed and at...
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torgormaig odgovara u temi Oil Firing.
I think one of the two V4s had a thermic syphon and a steel firebox, the other had a normal copper box. Their early demise was attributed to there being no spare boilers for them when their existing ones became life expired. But as @LMS2968 says...
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torgormaig priljepljuje datoteku u temu North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
With regard to the Pullmans going to Whitby, the K1 took them there in 10/10/1999 as seen here, but I forget what the occasion was. [ATTACH] Peter
30. Srpanj 2026.
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torgormaig priljepljuje datoteku u temu North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I had a memorable run to Battersby one glorious spring evening firing to Fletch (the late John Fletcher) on Tornado. We only went from Grosmont, not Whitby, and as you say it was a short lived experiement but what a lovely evening turn it was - a...
30. Srpanj 2026.
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torgormaig odgovara u temi Oil Firing.
Considering that Ahorns died a century ago his comments are hardly relevant to subsequent locomotive development. Steel fireboxes were widely used in the British locomotive construction industry between the wars, just not by the Big Four...
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torgormaig liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Oil Firing.
Not quite, he specifically mentions light oils: The oil used was gas oil or equivalent of low viscosity at normal range of atmospheric temperatures. Although costing more than crudes of high viscosity it was more reliable and obviated the need...
30. Srpanj 2026.
