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pmh_74 replied to the thread Windcutter Wagons.
Personally I'm happy enough for them to be preserved empty. If you want to see a loaded wagon in the heritage era, there are always ballast hoppers. You don't see preserved buses with 50 real or false passengers sitting inside them on display,...
Oct 21, 2026 at 2:12 PM -
Big Al replied to the thread Settle To Carlisle On Foot.
Have just binge-watched all four legs. Brilliant. Descriptive, scenic, engaging. Having travelled the line more times than I choose to remember, including when steam was a regular visitor, it is so refreshing to have a different viewpoint of the...
Oct 21, 2026 at 2:11 PM -
pmh_74 liked Musket The Dog's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.
It's obviously a set of coal empties going North to Annesely, and some coming south back to the quarry at Swithland ;) A fantastic achievement for you and the group Phil. Along with the other freight groups, a real credit to the GCR and...
Oct 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM -
pmh_74 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Yes I think that was probably the one. I've also been on a visit there, although not an official one. After a wonderful run up the Rothorn (behind a proper coal fired loco) in freezing fog, where it was essentially just the train crew and me,...
Oct 21, 2026 at 2:07 PM -
Big Al liked Linesider's post in the thread Settle To Carlisle On Foot.
Earlier this year I set off from Settle Junction with the aim of walking alongside the S&C all the way to Carlisle (many thanks @ragl for highlighting this on here a few weeks ago). I have done this before, 30 years ago, but this time, with the...
Oct 21, 2026 at 2:07 PM -
green five liked Daddsie71b's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Yes, It's not a Bulleid Pacific :)
Oct 21, 2026 at 12:55 PM -
green five liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If - and it must be a big IF - what I've heard is correct, tomorrow is going to be an all steam service for what I think is the first time this year. Even the 09.20 ex Pickering is to be stea mall the way through to Whitby. 29, 926, 2253 and...
Oct 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM -
green five liked Biskit's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I did an even rougher calculation (with some probably questionable figures which Google AI gave) - taking the thermal efficiency of a steam locomotive as around 6-7%, and the overall thermal efficiency of an early diesel-electric loco of around...
Oct 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM -
green five liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Fag packet calculation. From the NYMR annual accounts, in 2025 they burnt 1,082 tons of coal to run 24,831 steam miles - an average consumption of 97lbs / mile. (That includes everything - all lighting up, steam tests etc - so obviously depends...
Oct 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM
