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  1. Sheff gefällt ilvaporistas Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I could be accused of over simplification but did the passenger figures during oil firing on the ffestiniog suffer due to the fuel used? I don't remember families walking away. If it goes chuff and blows out steam, that is enough for most people...

    14 Juli 2026 um 20:00

  2. Sheff gefällt NGChrisWs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    From my own experience when I visited last year another negative in terms of visitors experience with the use of diesels is that within a very short time of having left Pickering the coaches were full of the unpleasant smell of diesel fumes which...

    14 Juli 2026 um 19:59

  3. Sheff gefällt 60044s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    One other piece of good news is that NELPG are planning to stage a special gala on the NYMR, featuring all four of their engines, on 24/25th October - if all goes to plan it will be the first time in 60 years that all four engines have been seen...

    14 Juli 2026 um 19:29

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

    Can’t ’Like’ that but it does force home to me that the many concurring views on here really do have substance and that change is long overdue.

    14 Juli 2026 um 09:58

  5. Sheff gefällt cksteams Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    To be fair I think we all understand the need for diesels to cover when steam fails or dry spells make it dangerous and irresponsible to use steam, particularly through moorland. The reason the NYMR gets a bad rep with them is the excessive use...

    14 Juli 2026 um 09:53

  6. Sheff antwortete auf das Thema Fire Risk.

    I can’t imagine anybody of sound mind expecting steam to run right now.

    13 Juli 2026 um 15:11

  7. Sheff gefällt Alleghenys Beitrag in dem Thema GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.

    Electrical equipment has a "Continuous Maximum Rating" (CMR) which, as the name implies, is the maximum output it can produce continuously before its life is shortened by excessive temperature. For short periods the output can be much higher, in...

    13 Juli 2026 um 10:07

  8. Sheff gefällt LMS2968s Beitrag in dem Thema GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.

    Yes it can, but there are still limits as to the power which can be generated and then delivered; diesels (and electrics) do not have super powers when it comes to climbing gradients. There are still limits. There are advantages and...

    13 Juli 2026 um 07:58

  9. Sheff gefällt twr12s Beitrag in dem Thema RTC: Eddystone to York - 11/07/26.

    What has to be remembered, when moaning about the diesel doing most of the work, that the cross section of passengers on the train means that there is practically no option to cancel the train when Network Rail impose Red restrictions to steam...

    12 Juli 2026 um 17:36

  10. Sheff gefällt ghosts Beitrag in dem Thema New build M&GN C class.

    Neither project would be mentioned here as this is a thread for a specific standard gauge loco. Gowrie is mentioned in several of the FR threads. The ZA6 has its own thread which was updated in March 2026. If you have updates, feel free to...

    12 Juli 2026 um 17:35

  11. Sheff gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.

    So just imagine the logistics for a while. In the normal scenario, a loaded rain comes to rest at Tebay (for Shap). The banker runs onto the back from a convenient siding; within a few minutes the train is back on its way. The banker drops off...

    11 Juli 2026 um 20:30

  12. Sheff antwortete auf das Thema GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.

    But was only for short bursts up the bank, with time between turns to clean the fire and box it up again .

    11 Juli 2026 um 19:07

  13. Sheff gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.

    Unburnt coal going up the chimney; plain and simple. You need to define what you mean by char but, in my book it is unburnt coal or, more exactly, partially burnt coal which has lost its volatile content but still contains unburnt carbon. That’s...

    11 Juli 2026 um 19:05

  14. Sheff gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.

    And the overall financial efficiency of that? You are falling into the same trap as everyone else, finding ever more elaborate workarounds to enable one technological option while ignoring the total cost of operation. Tom

    11 Juli 2026 um 11:52
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