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Spitfire liked Deepgreen's post in the thread Fire Risk.
Having a national, single fire risk status is clearly farcical. There can be, and are, huge risk differences between, for example, northern areas which have been receiving a lot of rain recently and the south-east which has seen some, but not...
Sep 7, 2026 at 7:54 PM -
Spitfire liked RalphW's post in the thread WCR Rail Tours.
Looks like steam for the Dalesman on Thursday.
Sep 7, 2026 at 7:51 PM -
Spitfire liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.
I just looked up the construction date of No. 564, it's surprisingly late! I had it in my mind as Victorian. If you want some Victorian motive power, we've got a couple of quite colourful ones I'm sure we'd be prepared to loan out for a gala ;) Tom
Sep 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM -
Spitfire liked Hicks19862's post in the thread North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.
Not often the NNR gets a visitor older than the Y14
Sep 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM -
Spitfire replied to the thread North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.
90775's extension is until mid October 2027. Ring Haw will be the next loco to be outshopped.
Sep 7, 2026 at 7:42 PM -
Spitfire liked M59137's post in the thread North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.
This will be a fairly rare opportunity for a complete 19th-century-built formation to run on the line. Whilst often marketed as the Victorian train, it's usually hauled by 20th century locomotives! Sent from my moto g85 5G using Tapatalk
Sep 6, 2026 at 11:53 AM -
Spitfire liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
In simple terms, the maximum gross vehicle weight in the UK is 44 tonnes. You can exceed this weight, with approval, but the load must be split, if that is possible. As a tender can be uncoupled from the engine, the two have to be transported...
Sep 2, 2026 at 8:13 PM
