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bvr379	2 Jul 2009, 03:57 PM
Operations Manager Posts: 562 Group: Friends of MRMT Member #210 Joined: August 12, 2007	This discussion about locomotives in very interesting, but the key issue is can any of the proposed monsters be justified? We know that a BVR ZB class with new cylinders can haul at least 22 coaches from Wroxham, uphill, to Aylsham at maximum line speed of up to 20mph and within the existing BVR timetable. In practical terms, a train of more than 12 coaches is not required on the BVR, and probably not on most other 15” gauge lines, for no other reasons than the length of available passing loops and platform lengths. Long wheelbases are not kind to the track. If articulated wheelbases are involved they tend to be more expensive in loco. costs. (Note to KLR readers – not always?) From an operator’s point of view, what is required is an efficient loco that can haul all specified loads at the required speeds, needs minimum maintenance and is kind on the track. The BVR still needs to (a) make all of their ZB class “kinder on the track” by changing their counterbalancing and (b) improve some of their locos’ efficiency. However, perhaps the RH&DR has already got locos that meet their operator’s specification and do need to build any of the proposed locos quoted above. The only real chance of getting any of the above locos built in the short term, is if somebody comes along with Ł250,000 plus and wants to pay for a new build that is something different.
	David Barnes Bure Valley Railway - The 15" gauge railway with powerful locomotives. Trains between Wroxham & Aylsham in Norfolk. Santa will be arriving soon, followed by Mince Pie Specials from 27 Dec 2009 until 3rd Jan 2010. For Bure Valley Railway info. see: BVR website, which includes timetables.

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