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Jamessquared vond Steve's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Tom has saved me the effort and I agree completely with what he has said. When running tender first uphill you can run with the water almost out of site in the knowledge that when you get to the top of the climb it will go up. However, as 21B...
5 mrt 2026 om 07:39 -
Jamessquared vond 21B's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If you have a railway with the peak roughly in the middle and an equally challenging gradient either side you get used to the fact that it is “easy” in only one direction anyway. :)
5 mrt 2026 om 07:36 -
Jamessquared reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Because of the way the water level changes over a summit. If you have a loco working chimney first, as you go up the hill, the water comes to the back of the loco so the water level reads high in the glass. As you go over the summit and shut the...
4 mrt 2026 om 21:30 -
Jamessquared vond Steve's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
People like locos to be going chimney first when working uphill. As a driver I'd prefer to be running uphill tender first, especially if a downhill followed.
4 mrt 2026 om 19:28 -
Jamessquared reageerde op het topic Swanage Railway General Discussion.
“Blown away” - maybe it isn’t Tornado, but a guest appearance by the RHDR Typhoon? Tom
4 mrt 2026 om 19:28 -
Jamessquared reageerde op het topic Swanage Railway General Discussion.
NYMR - see that thread at great length for the pros and cons, it is not as clear-cut as it looks. I seem to recall from a previous visit (but I might be wrong) that the IoWSR also allows gift aid on admissions. Tom
4 mrt 2026 om 12:28
