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All steam trains running on between Goathland and Levisham on the NYMR at the moment are either piloted or propelled by diesel traction because of the high fire risk on that part of the line. There's still steam loco's on the trains, but they make sure that the work is at least shared by the two loco's so there isn't excessive smoke coming out of the steamer.
Even so, there's still been a couple of small fires, one of which I helped put out between Levisham and Pickering on Monday. On Tuesday I worked as second man on the Dry Weather loco, coupling and uncoupling at Goathland and Levisham all day and pottering up and down between the two, using a Class 25.
Here's a pic I took of the Class 25 just after we'd piloted the 9F from Goathland to Levisham.
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