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iancawthorne replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Fire risk is acknowledged as being present, no doubt. But fire risk or not, it would have made little difference to the roster for the past two months IMHO. What strikes a nerve for me is to say fire risk is the reason, when the only available...
Aug 17, 2026 at 11:25 PM -
Bikermike replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Which was why I flagged the points about "National Park" and "East of the country". I get the point about lack of steam locos, but I've seen no acknowledgement the other way. This year has been low on rainfall since June at the latest.
Aug 17, 2026 at 11:16 PM -
bristolian replied to the thread Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present.
What width is 34081's tender, as 34007 has a narrow cab?.
Aug 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM -
ghost liked Breva's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
The fascia boards do have bolts in them already, I'm not sure why there are G clamps, except perhaps to wind you up? [ATTACH] In this picture the bolts are being fitted. You can also see the complicated layers of material to make everything fit...
Aug 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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The_Rail_WAy replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You’re missing the key point of what me and other respondents have been saying. They have been running hardly any steam locos way before the nationwide fire risk was announced! As many have said, since the late reopening it was the two Black...
Aug 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM -
ghost liked Bikermike's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
A man on youtube said... Possibly not that credible...
Aug 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM -
Bikermike replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
A man on youtube said... Possibly not that credible...
Aug 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM -
Bikermike replied to the thread Oil Firing.
As I think has been said above, it's a chicken and egg; Can't run it until proven safe, too dry to test run, can't train the crews on it unless it is run. As soon as there's rain, you need to run the coal-fired steam to get some value out if...
Aug 17, 2026 at 10:59 PM -
Will RL replied to the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
Seems to me like wasted effort given Test cricket starts on Wednesday!
Aug 17, 2026 at 10:57 PM -
Will RL liked Sidmouth's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
I imagine with plans and slots for 5043 retyring , there isn't potentially a lot of latitude to change dates . I've washed the car, cut the lawn, put the washing out , everything possible to tempt rain and all to no avail
Aug 17, 2026 at 10:55 PM -
Bikermike replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Again, I repeat my question, did you not get the nationwide alert? There has been no rain for an unprecedented length of time (yes, it is worse than 76). The moor is a tinder box. "Self-imposed" suggests that this is not a good idea. I'm not...
Aug 17, 2026 at 10:52 PM -
iancawthorne replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It's certainly not unique, but I can't think of a time when the NYMR specifically has had so few steam loco's available. I'm not really pointing fingers on the reasons why either, as I think it's mainly down to "s**t happens" with the usual...
Aug 17, 2026 at 10:50 PM
