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torgormaig liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Sorry, no can do. Latest view from the same place, looking towards Mull: [ATTACH]
Jun 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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torgormaig replied to the thread RTC 2026.
CDL is not the issue - if it was how come the Jacobite is operating diesel free on most days? The issue is train heat and air conditioning. If the set needs an eth (electric train heat) supply then a suitably fitted diesel loco is needed in the...
Jun 24, 2026 at 6:40 PM -
torgormaig liked Jamessquared's post in the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.
Interesting. There is a persistent rumour that Gladstone’s chimney is a wooden replacement, but making an exhibit out of toast is a new one on me ;) Tom
Jun 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM -
torgormaig liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Sub 20 here on the Argyll coast, with a nice cool mist. [ATTACH]
Jun 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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torgormaig replied to the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026.
I believe the move was stopped at Holgate after a report of a lineside fire which later proved not to be related to the A3. The loco is now in the prep bay at the NRM while a solution is being sought as to how/when it is to continue on to...
Jun 23, 2026 at 10:39 PM -
torgormaig liked meeee's post in the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.
The NRM is visited by 650,000 people every year which is more than double the passenger numbers of the biggest preserved railways. LT is much better being there than at home. It has returned for a brief stay in the past. Getting it out is...
Jun 23, 2026 at 8:20 PM -
torgormaig replied to the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.
L-T is indeed in dry storage, as you call it, in Yorkshire in the Main Hall of the NRM where it has been for the best part of the last 40 years. There doesn't seem to be any call by the FR for its return so it may stay for another 40 years. Peter
Jun 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM -
torgormaig liked Sheff's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The lack of manual labour for the fireman would be a huge advantage, and to a lesser extent not having the fire hole doors open too. I guess the rest comes down to insulation and ventilation.
Jun 23, 2026 at 12:18 PM -
torgormaig liked RLinkinS's post in the thread National Railway Museum.
The GL has twin stokers. With a grate area of 75 square feet it needed them Sent from my SM-A356B using Tapatalk
Jun 20, 2026 at 8:38 AM -
torgormaig replied to the thread National Railway Museum.
I never thought of that, but are there any other stoker fitted locos preserved here in the UK? There are some large ex-SAR locos (the GL Garratt in Manchester, the 19F in Glasgow, the GMAM in ? Quainton Road and maybe others) which may have been...
Jun 19, 2026 at 9:46 PM -
torgormaig attached a file to the thread National Railway Museum.
KF7 moved surprisingly easily once we had worked out where the joint for the stoker screw between engine and tender was. And what's more the loco together with Niteq (the NRM's battery shunting devise) were a snug fit on the turntable which saved...
Jun 19, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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torgormaig attached a file to the thread National Railway Museum.
And in other NRM news the 1845 built LNWR 2-2-2 "Columbine" returned to York yesterday and is temporally displayed on the turntable. A former resident of the old York Museum it has spent much of the last century in the city. In the 1990s it was...
Jun 19, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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torgormaig liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Not my photo, but Sharpthorn going home after the High Weald steam rally. Since the location of this photo is Fletching, it looks like a slightly circuitous route was chosen - it's certainly not on the shortest route back! I think it is the same...
Jun 19, 2026 at 8:21 AM
