Were locos too heavy for coal drops?

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D2100
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Re: Were locos too heavy for coal drops?

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A class 31 was definitely too heavy for the drops at Driffield, as was spectacularly proven one day in in the early 1980s :lol:
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DOCJACOB
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Re: Were locos too heavy for coal drops?

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Managed to Google the above and entertainment +++, all started by errant brake van
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43129@stainmore
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Re: Were locos too heavy for coal drops?

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Here is an exception I believe. Presumably the construction of the drops determined what was allowable. This is at Barnard Castle Goods. I'm uncertain what happened after the demise of the J24 & J25 but the goods yard was often shunted by an Ivatt 2MT.

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Albert Hill
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Re: Were locos too heavy for coal drops?

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RA 3 in BR days.
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