Sheffs letzte Aktivitäten
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Sheff gefällt guycarr360s Beitrag in dem Thema V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Regarding the "attempt" this is the correct answer, the only places that can support high speed running are Washington to Boston, and imagine the disruption is something did go wrong, and the coverage. To raise funds it is a fanciful notion, i...
7 Juni 2026 um 16:19 -
Sheff antwortete auf das Thema V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Are you serious? This is the same country that is pretty much the derailment capital of the world, a place where the average MOP has little or no concept of the stopping distance of a train when crossing the tracks …. Never mind the loco, they’d...
6 Juni 2026 um 20:09 -
Sheff gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Even if the T1 successfully broke the record, for 99.9% of the world it will all be a bit "meh". A bit like the efforts people spend with old Grumman Bearcats and Sea Furies, going to Reno to try and become the fastest ever piston-engined...
6 Juni 2026 um 20:05 -
Sheff gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
And the reality is that Mallard’s status will remain pretty unchallenged because of the gulf between 1938 and today. In just the same way that other previous record holders status remains unchallenged, despite subsequent advances - Bluebird being...
6 Juni 2026 um 20:04 -
Sheff gefällt The Green Howardss Beitrag in dem Thema V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Without wishing to divert another bl**dy thread into records, my namesake's record* didn't save it from the cutter's torch :( As for the T-1, have the Yanks even got a bit of track suitable for those speeds? Americans really hate not being...
6 Juni 2026 um 20:03 -
Sheff gefällt Johnbs Beitrag in dem Thema Colin Gifford.
In 1964 I received a copy of a book as a birthday present that changed the world of railway photography for me and a whole generation, Decline of Steam. It meant the more adventurous (or foolhardy) would brave wind, rain and cold to get images...
5 Juni 2026 um 09:20
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Sheff gefällt std tanks Beitrag in dem Thema V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Everything would have to be done by contractors. The NRM no longer has a workshop.
5 Juni 2026 um 09:19 -
Sheff antwortete auf das Thema V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Who was in charge at NRM during the FS overhaul? Is it likely the outcome would be any different for the V2, ie would the holders of the purse strings be at all inclined to take on the risk?
4 Juni 2026 um 18:18 -
Sheff gefällt class8mikados Beitrag in dem Thema V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Perhaps the Science Museum are thinking that a Working Flagship Loco is worth having after all . At some point Scotsman is going to be out for a major overhaul so what do you replace it with. Perhaps a Brit isnt seen as right in that role....
4 Juni 2026 um 09:09 -
Sheff gefällt The Gricing Owls Beitrag in dem Thema Photographing steam in the Karoo.
Belmont station - an Oasis in the Karoo. 25 July 1991 as 25NC 3488 heads north on train 2439, the 11.50 from De Aar. I think it is hauling a 40 wagon load of empties from a block coal train. Train 2439 was, for the loco, the return working off...
4 Juni 2026 um 06:15
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Sheff gefällt Respites Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Yesterday 44806 was very dead with a replacement spring needed and no spares, despite having two Black Fives on the line. I would have liked to have ridden to Whitby on a steam hauled 9.20 from Pickering but this was a class 37. 92134 was...
3 Juni 2026 um 18:22 -
Sheff gefällt 60044s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If this figure is true, of course, it puts the figure of 10K+ rumoured as being spent on a staff jolly to receive an award we know to be nothing more than a self-awarded vanity project to boost the egos of the morons who "write" the new Moors...
3 Juni 2026 um 18:19 -
Sheff gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
https://www.nymr.co.uk/about/memberships/become-a-member/ £60, £150 or £500 per year for an adult. Middle one is the best value if you plan to visit more than three times a year. I wonder how much uptake there'll be for collecting Moorsline from...
3 Juni 2026 um 18:18
