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pmh_74 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Many (maybe 20-25) years ago, the GCR had a motive power crisis and ended up running a summer season with just 63601 and some diesels in traffic, and I recall asking a similar question, as 63601 seemed to work only dining trains and DALEX (Drive...
Jul 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM -
William Fletcher liked TonyW's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Having had experience with oil-fired locos, this is new to me. I would be interested in seeing any documentation or evidence that copper boxes suffer in this way. How do they wear?
Jul 21, 2026 at 2:15 PM -
5944 liked MuzTrem's post in the thread The Douglas Bay Horse Tramway.
To be fair, you can't really drill a horse to fit a headlamp bracket... ;)
Jul 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Before reading further down the thread I was trying to work out why Whitby Pickering fixture would even fill its own train!
Jul 21, 2026 at 1:58 PM -
Gladiator 5076 liked torgormaig's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Since when did Footplate Experience operations become known as Footex? Historically Footex was a term for football excursions in the wider railway world. Peter
Jul 21, 2026 at 1:49 PM -
ykin01 liked SteveA's post in the thread North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.
Just for clarification, the stripping and assessment of 76084’s boiler has been done. This to commence the repair work. The Y14 is the one that needs stripping and assessment and that will start soon,
Jul 21, 2026 at 1:38 PM
