Wensleydale Railway Matters

Not sure to be honest they were built to work with a trailer car so I’d say at least one coach possibly 2 at a push.

Unless anyone knows different there are currently no plans to re livery the 33 although I did joke about painting it in mainline grey livery.

250s Livery still looks great it’s more to do with my photography

David

 

On paper*, they were allowed haul a trailer car plus a further 12 tons of tail traffic, which works out at roughly 40 tons.

I recently travelled on 55001 on the East Lancs hauling a Commonwealth bogied (37 ton) Mark 1 BSK and things underneath were smelling warm! It was perfectly capable of doing the job but adding further weight would be considered unwise.

So a general rule of thumb, they wouldn't regularly haul more than one full length vehicle behind.

(*Regional instructions differed, so I've deliberately used rough numbers - there are BR examples which differed slightly)

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Had a great visit to the Dale last weekend, with the railway shipping us from Leeming to Leyburn for a walk and lunch, and bringing us home again. I was thrilled to get the bubble car - the green livery just looks right on this country railway, and the massive windows all round are great for taking in the passing scenery. I'm looking forward to being able to travel all the way to Redmire of course, but in the meantime Leyburn is a cracking destination with some amazing views just a short walk from the middle of the village.

 

Meant to say, thanks DavidW for your comprehensive updates on the trackwork between Leyburn and Redmire. I came home wondering how this was coming along, and it was great to read through the thread and find out