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Sheff liked Hicks19862's post in the thread North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.

Things are looking good for the return of the N2 to service in time for the summer season, according to the FB friends of page it has moved under it’s own steam for first time since 2018.

Sheff liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

Engine 1 brings train into the station. Engine 2 moves from Platform 2 to Platform 1 and couples to back of train. Engine 1 uncouples but remains in place. Engine 2 then takes the train back to Pickering leaving Engine 1 in the station....

Sheff liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

It's pretty stark when you put it like that. When you look at the 2024 accounts, the staff costs alone (including pensions and NI) came to slightly under £10,000 per day, 365 days of the year. You'd better hope they sell a lot of keyrings! (To...

Sheff liked FearOfManchester's post in the thread Peak Rail General Discussion.

Darley dale station bridge update: The bridge components have returned and are at rowsley ready for the engineering dept to get their teeth into the many hundreds of rivets, and of course paint: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Padstones are...

Sheff liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

I don't think it's just that. They simply can't carry enough people with the current method of operation. The majority of the timetable at the moment is 3 x four coach trains per day, plus one return trip with the autocar, and an afternoon diner....

Sheff liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

A Black 5 turns the scales at 125.5 tons, a 4MT tank at 86.7 tons. That’s a tad short of 39 tons the tank doesn’t have to move around (that’s about the same as a mk1 full of passengers) so will have to do a lot less actual work. They are both...

Sheff liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

Well, that surprises me - my entirely subjective experience is that 80151 seems lighter work! Tom

Sheff liked Chris86's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

At one stage there was a suggestion of one of the Cheddleton based S160s possibly obtaining approval for the mainline.

Sheff liked black5's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

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Sheff liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

If you do the sums, 76079 is better suited to the NYMR than a Black 5 and, in terms of tractive effort, it has pretty much the same as a Black 5 in hand on 7 coach trains. Why better suited? A Black 5 weighs more and that extra weight has to be...

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