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Sheff reageerde op het topic Saphos: Blue Peter to Carlisle - 12/02/26; Sir Nigel Gresley - 11/03/26; Britannia - 8/04/26.
How many delay minutes from today’s shenanigans? I sincerely hope that GBR haven’t been taking a close interest in the performance of these recent tours .
8 apr 2026 om 21:30 -
Sheff vond jnc's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I am an engineer with some training in mechanical engineering; so, with that background, let me offer a few thoughts. Stone bridges are a generally a whole different kettle of fish from metal bridges, because...
8 apr 2026 om 21:07 -
Sheff vond Steve's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
; I'm not a bridge engineer but can understand why RA9 locos were/are permitted on what was an RA5 line. It is more than simple weight; dynamics have a large effect, especially hammer blow, and that goes up by the square. Thus, an A4 at 30 mph...
8 apr 2026 om 21:07 -
Sheff vond 26D_M's post leuk in het topic RTC: Edinburgh Flyer - 04/04/26.
Interestingly, not a single train hauled unassisted. That includes a period before the current 'coffin era too. So it might have done 20k miles but what work has it done? Granted the wheels have revolved, the motion moved etc but it hasn't...
8 apr 2026 om 16:13 -
Sheff vond Gladiator 5076's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Although in fairness I was stewarding a DCE, where when we arrived at Basingstoke NR suddenly said a bridge just East of Wool was not able to stand the weight No 9 crossing it. A fine time to decide, especially as the same loco had gone over...
8 apr 2026 om 16:11 -
Sheff vond Chris86's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
We had a similar thing last year, an email suggesting we had been "selected" for a small business award for South Yorkshire. Got as far as speaking to them on the phone, realised it was a pay and get some recognition type event, as opposed to...
8 apr 2026 om 16:11 -
Sheff vond torgormaig's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I find it interesting that there has never been any suggestion of placing a weight limit on these aged structures. After all we are happily operating RA9 locos over a route that used to be only RA5 in BR days. I understand that last autumn the A3...
8 apr 2026 om 16:10 -
Sheff vond Spamcan81's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
if it’s anything like an award I was offered when I was still in the fish and chip trade, you simply buy it. I don’t know why the Moors haven’t saved themselves the money and simply designed their own certificate and printed one out.
8 apr 2026 om 16:09 -
Sheff vond Steve's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Bridge 42 (and Br.18) have been known avbout for a good while. I'm well on the outside of things now and I knew about it about 18 months ago. I think nothing was done until it was critical because of the financial situation. Similar could be...
8 apr 2026 om 16:09 -
Sheff vond 35B's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
On the contrary, I think there would have been a lot more respect. It would have left open the question of why the sudden closure, but I like to think that a more open communications culture would have avoided that particular bear trap
8 apr 2026 om 16:08 -
Sheff vond cksteam's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think you can go back further to be honest. My issue is that it was well known about that Bridge 42 was going to need work imminently yet nothing seems to have actually been done to plan or prepare for it until the full closure that seemingly...
8 apr 2026 om 16:08 -
Sheff vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Something tells me there isn't much competition - and if any category looks a bit crowded with entrants, well you just invent a new one! My hunch is no-one goes away from such awards ceremonies empty-handed. Tom
8 apr 2026 om 08:53 -
Sheff reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Just how exactly is the ‘winner’ of this prestigious award selected ?
7 apr 2026 om 21:57 -
Sheff vond 35B's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I have no expectation of a project like this going perfectly to plan. On the contrary, my low expectations mean that I regard the setting of hard deadlines as amplifying the risk to the railway, and undermining the railway's credibility as dates...
7 apr 2026 om 18:33 -
Sheff vond Kirk Oswald's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The parallels are remarkable. Cancelled trains, changing timetables, failure to reach the end of the line, obsessed with marketing, extortionate fares etc. Throw in overpaid management who know sod all about trains and the trophy is in the bag.
7 apr 2026 om 18:32
