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Bikermikes letzte Aktivitäten

  1. Bikermike antwortete auf das Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    How many devoted manning wardle fans do you think there are? And how many of them will come more than once if ticking off MW haulage is their aim?

    29 Juli 2026 um 21:53

  2. Bikermike antwortete auf das Thema Fire Risk.

    I walk under the ECML near London regularly, and it's always wet in the underpass. It's actually stopped dripping now. So ged knows how much rain will be needed to top it up again and/or what it will do as it gets it...

    28 Juli 2026 um 22:22

  3. Bikermike gefällt GWR7812s Beitrag in dem Thema 60th anniversary of Germany's first heritage railway.

    [MEDIA] From 24 July to 2 August 2026, the German Railway Association celebrated its 60th anniversary in Bruchhausen-Vilsen. The heritage railway from Bruchhausen-Vilsen to Asendorf is also Germany’s first heritage railway. Alongside the...

    28 Juli 2026 um 17:14

  4. Bikermike antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Open and honest about what? I don't think the NMYR can be held responsible for people's perception of rain. My point is that a short shower of rain looks impressive, but changes nothing in terms of fire risk, but people may think it does. And...

    28 Juli 2026 um 15:02

  5. Bikermike antwortete auf das Thema Fire Risk.

    Becuase that principle is why steam locomotives are allowed on the main line. Imagine trying to present the safety case for a steam loco ab initio "so we put the large pressurised vessel on a really heavy chassis, fuel it with a very...

    28 Juli 2026 um 14:59

  6. Bikermike antwortete auf das Thema Fire Risk.

    If over-rigidly used that would mean qualification on a pannier tank would cover you for a 28xx down to the steam railmotor... (and LMS would qualify you for the Rocket?) I'm not saying that there shouldn't be a structured way of doing this....

    28 Juli 2026 um 11:27

  7. Bikermike antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Not if it gives people false impressions perhaps.

    28 Juli 2026 um 10:46

  8. Bikermike gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema Minimum age for volunteer crews.

    A body should only comment on the areas within its technical competence. What was interesting (and refreshing) about that HRA / ORR guidance was that it gave some solid examples of where it would, or would not, be appropriate for someone under...

    28 Juli 2026 um 10:43

  9. Bikermike antwortete auf das Thema Minimum age for volunteer crews.

    Absolutely.

    28 Juli 2026 um 10:43

  10. Bikermike antwortete auf das Thema Fire Risk.

    Yup. Now imagine a railway with 4 steam engines in steam, all of which are deemed seperate competencies, and 45 drivers, 25 of whom haven't been there since at least 2 of those engines came back into service, 43 of them are only qualified on some...

    28 Juli 2026 um 10:41

  11. Bikermike antwortete auf das Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    That's an outrageous suggestion! I have submitted a form 247/4 through the plenary expedited process to register my disagreement about this... ;)

    28 Juli 2026 um 10:38

  12. Bikermike antwortete auf das Thema Minimum age for volunteer crews.

    I think there is a definite element of "shoot the messenger", it's not our fault the guidance doesn't address every statute... Guidance never trumps statute (except where the specific statute says it does, looking at you Bribery Act). Statute...

    28 Juli 2026 um 10:20

  13. Bikermike gefällt brennans Beitrag in dem Thema P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.

    Safe and efficient oil firing where there are no safety devices such as would be found in an industrial application relies heavily on the competency of the fireman. The potential for a blowback is always there. Perhaps this is one reason it is...

    28 Juli 2026 um 09:52
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