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  1. torgormaig heeft een bijlage toegevoegd aan het topic Railways and People.

    [ATTACH] A bit of what is now "old school" railway working - the driver of 37017 is talking to the box on the SPT (signal post telephone) having been stood at the signal at Bootham outside York station for a few minutes - no radio communication...

    83-7-2 4 37017 Bootham copy copy.jpg 28 jun 2026 om 18:05

  2. torgormaig heeft een bijlage toegevoegd aan het topic Railways and People.

    In a more deferential age a PW gang stand to attention as the Royal Train passes by. A bulled up 47557 passes Chaloners Whin Junction just south of York on 12/11/1981. The then ECML swings off to the left through what is now a Tesco Retail store....

    28 jun 2026 om 10:41

  3. torgormaig reageerde op het topic RTC: Tynesider - 4/7/26.

    The concern that the overthrow of the front end of a loco going through the cross-over may cause the cylinders to catch the platform edge. Peter

    27 jun 2026 om 14:31

  4. torgormaig reageerde op het topic RTC: Tynesider - 4/7/26.

    In simple terms a steam loco is prohibited from using a cross-over between platforms at a station. Therefore you cannot gain direct access to the Blythe and Tyne from the down main at Morpeth. So after unloading passengers onto Platform 2 the...

    27 jun 2026 om 14:11

  5. torgormaig vond 35B's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Sorry, no can do. Latest view from the same place, looking towards Mull: [ATTACH]

    IMG_4148.jpeg IMG_4148.jpeg 24 jun 2026

  6. torgormaig reageerde op het topic RTC 2026.

    CDL is not the issue - if it was how come the Jacobite is operating diesel free on most days? The issue is train heat and air conditioning. If the set needs an eth (electric train heat) supply then a suitably fitted diesel loco is needed in the...

    24 jun 2026

  7. torgormaig vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic FR & WHR & WHHR News.

    Interesting. There is a persistent rumour that Gladstone’s chimney is a wooden replacement, but making an exhibit out of toast is a new one on me ;) Tom

    24 jun 2026

  8. torgormaig vond 35B's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Sub 20 here on the Argyll coast, with a nice cool mist. [ATTACH]

    IMG_4143.jpeg 24 jun 2026
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