tigerburnie Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Steam railways 'will run out of coal', industry warns - BBC News Not too sure what can be done, but what a tragedy it would be if locos were to run less and the idea of more pollution from foreign coal makes no sense at all, surely this would be a relatively small operation? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 We could burn used face masks ? Sanitary and environmentally sound. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughan45 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 26 minutes ago, Chrisr40 said: We could burn used face masks ? Sanitary and environmentally sound. Unfortunately skim-read that as the burning of something rather different! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted January 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2021 Conversion to oil burning some years ago did not bother the Ffestiniog, and I doubt it will cause any real problems to other heritage railways. The Ffestiniog converted back to coal, but showed what can be done. It may mean that some locos are not as powerful or efficient as they are when coal fired, but I for one would be willing to accept that if it meant the continuance of steam running. I suspect steam running on main lines is limited in it's future, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Sadly it is the environmental lobby against burning coal. HJ Banks tried to get planning permission for a new open cast coal mine recently im the Newcastle area and despite lobbying from parties such as the HRA it was turned down. It now looks like all coal will have to be imported with the additional carbon cost of shopping it halfway round the world not withstanding the financial cost either 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 2 hours ago, simontaylor484 said: Sadly it is the environmental lobby against burning coal. HJ Banks tried to get planning permission for a new open cast coal mine recently im the Newcastle area and despite lobbying from parties such as the HRA it was turned down. Conversely, about 3 years ago, they got permission for a new open cast operation near Consett despite huge local objections... John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-55544616 13 hours ago, tigerburnie said: Steam railways 'will run out of coal', industry warns - BBC News Not too sure what can be done, but what a tragedy it would be if locos were to run less and the idea of more pollution from foreign coal makes no sense at all, surely this would be a relatively small operation? The final para here suggests CO2 emissions on imported coal are lower. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-55544616 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Interesting snippet from the bbc article: Quote It is estimated the heritage railway industry used 26,000 tonnes of coal per year pre-Covid, accounting for 0.02% of the UK's carbon emissions Any comparative figures for emissions from preservation diesels? And for mainline diesels? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted January 6, 2021 Moderators Share Posted January 6, 2021 Please use this topic which has a more useful title and is in the correct sub-forum. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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