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torgormaig liked Jamessquared's post in the thread 6024 King Edward 1.
Interestingly I looked up the section on brakes in the Black Book. The text refers to a "vacuum pump" and there is a figure caption to a drawing in which the caption is labelled "vacuum pump" (agreeing with the text) but in which the component in...
May 31, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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torgormaig replied to the thread 6024 King Edward 1.
So is it a vacuum pump, or is it an air pump? Is it a railway station or is it a train station? In both situations we all know what people are talking about and as far as I can see both terms are correct in their respective situations. On the...
May 31, 2026 at 4:40 PM -
torgormaig liked Sidmouth's post in the thread 6024 King Edward 1.
always good to see the spirit of goodwill to fellow human beings is in full effect on Nat Pres ..... Whether right or wrong it has always been a crosshead vacuum pump to me , an air pump is a westinghouse
May 31, 2026 at 11:47 AM -
torgormaig liked 26D_M's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It steamed on a candle Peter, for sure, a fireman's dream. A joy on the other side of the footplate too, I passed out for driving on it in fact though my first rostered driving turn after that was actually on 45407, dressed as 45157, because the...
May 29, 2026 at 10:31 PM -
torgormaig liked Waterbuck's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
I'm no expert on the detail but I think one of the Jacobite Guards worked that route on 'our' GB only last month. (another was onboard too)
May 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM -
torgormaig attached a file to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Here's a picture of the start of that day during the Sunday morning tea stop at Levisham. With the diner being out on the Saturday night we had to wait while Levisham box was switched in while taking the light engine through to Pickering. There...
May 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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torgormaig replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
42765 may waddle but it couldn't half steam:). I had a very memorable day on it on a three tripper firing to John Fletcher when it visited all those years ago. Looking at those big cylinders I thought that I might struggle to keep up with Fletch...
May 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM -
torgormaig liked jsm8b's post in the thread 37025 back in service at Bo'ness.
In another life before TV fame ! For no other reason than I took this almost 42 years ago to the day on 26/5/84 (some here may find that week/end familiar). 37025 approaching the last token exchange at Lentran before arriving at Inverness with a...
May 28, 2026 at 10:39 PM
