NYMR - Lighting fire and brake test of BR Standard 4 No 80136 at Grosmont after winter maintenance. 

Your method is used quite a lot for lighting the 9F and that works very well. Certainly quickly to spread the pyramid than attempt to light the whole Firebird.

We hope to have some more videos like this in the coming weeks

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Concentrating getting the coal into the firebox 🤣

That's the boiler from the Q6 63995

@@nymrfootage Thanks👍

Fowing the completion of the work done in 2020 for the axle box clearances in the horn guides, the frames were lowered back 10th December. The side rods had been removed when the loco was last on the these had to be split into their separate pieces and taken down to the running shed. These were refitted but the left hand side front gradient pin was found to be over tight to the extent that the bushes were being displaced. Rather than remove the side rods it was decided to go ahead as planned and shunt the frames into Deviation Shed, and remedy the issue there. On the boiler front an inspector was due on the 11th January but prior to attending a leaking stud was found so the visit was postponed until it was fixed. With the frames in Deviation Shed the last major job to do prior to reassembly was to align the slidebars and crossheads. However, it was decided to shunt the frames outside the shed to enable the use of the JCB to lower the steam reverser back into the frames.

@@nymrfootage thank you very much for the information mate very interesting cant wait to see it running. Mind you any steam will do been a long time

@@nymrfootage is it 63395 getting refitted or another

Yes, we can run vacuum braked coaching sets to Whitby and Battersby on the mainline. The crews have to undergo a written rules paper and also a practical exam. There also have to undergo route training with minimum number of trips under the supervision of an inspector before they can be passed for mainline running to Whitby.

@@nymrfootage That's good then often wondered if network rail would show some common sense just for that short bit to Whitby do they let you off needing GSMR/ TPWS . Last time there took my 95 yo dad he passed out for driving on B1 in 1962 , crew of your B1 made him very welcome made his day . He did remark you work your engines quite hard had quite hard ie got lot behind them for gradient's . Aren't some of your drivers main line drivers as well though

@@nounoufriend Our locos that run to whit y have to have TPWS, AWSand GSMR but are exempt from OTMR. However, we can't go beyond Battersby in the other direction. The locos are driven quite hard from Grosmont to Goathland. In BR days a B1 would be limited to 5 coaches without a banker whereas now we usually run with 7 or even 8 coaches. Howe we, for a loco like the B1 if the fire is properly prepared and you have a good driver then the trip is very enjoyable for the crew and loco. Quite a lot of our divers and fireman are current or former mainline drivers.

A Minimum of 12 hrs.

At NYMR a layer of coal or a mound of coal is placed in firebox. Lit paraffin rags placed on the coal then wood placed in the rags and coal so it catches alight. When the wood and coal is well lit, a small amount of coal is further added into of that already lit to slowly build the fire. Technique varies depending upon whether you are lighting the loco for traffic or adding a small warming fire to prevent frost damage or keeping the boiler warm to prevent stresses .

It's almost certainty a GoPro. Sharp wide angle images and placing the camera in sketchy places with no fear of damage is the clue.

A camera

@@tonywright8294 I'm glad you steered me in the right direction Tony, for a while there I was sure it was an onion dipped in cheetah blood.

In the case of 80136 the winter maintenance from 2020 was never completed due to lockdown 1 and staff being furlough. This maintenance has now been completed so the loco will be ready to use when the railway reopens. If the maintenance wasn't competed now and the lockdown ends then the railway would have no locos to run so probably would not be able to reopen until the latter part of this year. Although public can't use the railway the locos still need to repaired and maintain from when we last ran in 2020.

Ahh I see, fair enough. Thanks for commenting.

@@LittlewoodJunction it's Probably also worth a mention that everyone seen in this video (short of me missing someone) are employed by the NYMR, and understandably I think they would struggle to work from home!

@@nymrfootage its nice knowing that this engine has passed her safety tests and I guess Piglet can now use her if he needs to get her steamed up?

@@eliotreader8220 yes. The loco can be parked up and then it's ready for when the railway reopens to the public. We will have a fleet of locos tested and services. All ready.

Probably had a lot to do with the cheap abundance of coal versus oil/diesel.

China is only just getting rid of its steam

It's not that much different to how a power station works

Couldn’t agree more! 80135 was always my favourite locomotive on the NYMR when I was a kid!