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  1. green five liked Daddsie71b's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.

    Yes, It's not a Bulleid Pacific :)

    Oct 21, 2026 at 12:55 PM

  2. green five liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    If - and it must be a big IF - what I've heard is correct, tomorrow is going to be an all steam service for what I think is the first time this year. Even the 09.20 ex Pickering is to be stea mall the way through to Whitby. 29, 926, 2253 and...

    Oct 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM

  3. green five liked Biskit's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I did an even rougher calculation (with some probably questionable figures which Google AI gave) - taking the thermal efficiency of a steam locomotive as around 6-7%, and the overall thermal efficiency of an early diesel-electric loco of around...

    Oct 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM

  4. green five liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Fag packet calculation. From the NYMR annual accounts, in 2025 they burnt 1,082 tons of coal to run 24,831 steam miles - an average consumption of 97lbs / mile. (That includes everything - all lighting up, steam tests etc - so obviously depends...

    Oct 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM

  5. jnc liked ilvaporista's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Would that be the I MechE paper by Roger Waller; Modern Steam: An environmental and economical alternative to Diesel Traction? The figures were interesting, they also used electric powered external boilers, which ran on low tariff energy, to...

    Oct 21, 2026 at 12:48 PM

  6. jnc liked Petra Wilde's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    Yes, had those memories too. But I think properly deep snow in the SE - the kind that a Canadian might register - in the 21st century has only happened on odd occasions. As well as that early-December week or so, I think we had some more...

    Oct 21, 2026 at 12:46 PM

  7. Andy2857 liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Windcutter Wagons.

    Thanks Musket and pmh! Re mdewell's idea Over the years we have considered many ideas for loaded wagons but a few considerations are, in fact, quite significant. 1 Load with coal - 16T at about £400/T costs £6400 per wagon and the coal...

    Oct 21, 2026 at 12:18 PM

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

    Fag packet calculation. From the NYMR annual accounts, in 2025 they burnt 1,082 tons of coal to run 24,831 steam miles - an average consumption of 97lbs / mile. (That includes everything - all lighting up, steam tests etc - so obviously depends...

    Oct 21, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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