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There are signs of progress with the new roof at Pickering Station on the NYMR.
The new roof trusses have been delivered to Newbridge yard for transport down to the station later this week.

need'nt ask if its British mainland manufatured steel ,new bridge and Riverside statium to name but a few.

mr B .. from Teesside

regret to say steel comes to this country from just about any where in the world, now if a country cant sell it dump it in britain,it even finds its way here from china,

Looking nice. As a matter of interest what happens to the old canopies which I think were manufactured by Dorman Long in the good old U of K?

Interestingly most of our scrap metal now goes to China or India returning as newly smelted steel. The UK tends to produce special steels. It is much more energy efficient to produce steel from scrap than from Iron ore.

Most likely the current platform canopies will most likely be scrapped or, rather less likely, put in storage for long-term restoration. Neither are in the best of conditions, especially platform 2's; ask the A1 Trust and LNERCA sales teams.

The only use I can think of for them is scrap or use on a 'new build' heritage station.

As a member of the afore mentioned LNERCA sales team, I can confirm that after many hours sat under the canopy on platform two with water dripping down the neck and over the stock, the canopies are well past their sell by dates and I will be happy to see the back of the BR afflictions! The new roof will make Pickering one of the most attractive and distinctive stations in preservation, congratulations to all involved in its rebuild.

Those steels are good enough for the quality of the roof. The quality of the steel can be done through test. Anyway, those trusses are ready to be delivered and installed.

Brilliant project - trainsheds look great, shame there's only a few in preservation (only ones I can think of is the Brunel one at the Paignton and Dartmouth, and the transfer shed at the Didcot Railway Centre)

The problem they may find at Pickering is that it will damage the photographic opportunities since it'll be very dark under there.
Plus the fact that by definition steam locos will need to rev up underneath it drivers will need to be careful not to produce too much clag or it will get filthy quickly and need repainting = ££££.

G'day Gents

I had the privilege of standing under those canopy's twenty odd years ago on a very wet day at Pickering, they did'nt work then, so great news that the overall roof will be up soon, I take it is to be like the original
manna

"Revving up"-or clagging under the canopy- locos will only be standing near or under the south end of the canopy after arriving with an up train,and should be emitting little or no smoke or excess steam.After run round the engine will be at the north end,well clear of the canopy,and during fire prep for departure,care is taken to avoid atmospheric pollution.Crews are made well aware of the need to avoid dark smoke at Pickering and Grosmont.

ten ten wrote:during fire prep for departure,care is taken to avoid atmospheric pollution.Crews are made well aware of the need to avoid dark smoke at Pickering and Grosmont.

Many years ago, I used to be a volunteer at the NYMR. On one firing turn, we had 45428 Eric Treacy and we had been told that it was to be brought back to Grosmont with a dead fire and a full boiler as it was going for a washout that afternoon, so I duly obliged. On arrival at Grosmont we found that the other loco had failed, so 45428 was needed after all.
The on-coming crew were not very happy, they had the job of re-building the fire and could not put the injector on to stop blowing off as the boiler was full, so they left with a huge pall of oily black smoke and blowing off furiously.
It made the photographers happy, but I think the local residents were not too pleased!

ten ten wrote:"Revving up"-or clagging under the canopy- locos will only be standing near or under the south end of the canopy after arriving with an up train,and should be emitting little or no smoke or excess steam.After run round the engine will be at the north end,well clear of the canopy,and during fire prep for departure,care is taken to avoid atmospheric pollution.Crews are made well aware of the need to avoid dark smoke at Pickering and Grosmont.

I hope so! There's a picture of the original roof in "Railways Of The North York Moors" by BackTrack Byways in 1949 , 3 years before it was demolished and it looks pitch black inside. Against this I suppose is the fact that it probably wasn't being maintained properly in those days.

The canopies should have been removed by today.
Plat 1 was clear yesterday just plat2 to finish.

As for being dark under the roof.
Have you been to Filey?
Same roof and not very dark at all.