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Jamessquared liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Usually crewed by members of the "they" department too!
Jul 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM -
Jamessquared replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think you have rather shot down your own argument though! Can you operate Grosmont - Goathland shuttles without the single slip? Well yes, but only (1) if you choose a unique vehicle (the railcar) so have no operational contingency in event of...
Jul 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM -
Jamessquared replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Ah yes, the magic "second loco appears out of nowhere" - solves myriad operational problems, that one ... :) Tom
Jul 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM -
Jamessquared replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Kind of you to say. It also reminds me that I have been somewhat asleep at the wheel in publishing rosters. (For family reasons, I'm having a couple of months away so haven't been keeping so close an eye on rosters - back late summer). Anyway,...
Jul 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM -
Jamessquared liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Yes a great read as always Tom, many thanks for your work on it. I must comment on the opening photo where the photographer has seemingly (to me at least) taken the Beachy Head on the Maunsells photo to partly hide the extra vehicle on the rear!...
Jul 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM -
Jamessquared liked evosport's post in the thread Isle of Wight Steam Railway Carriage and Wagon updates.
Reading the latest issue of Trackside, appears that the nine Metropolitan coaches at St Helens have been donated to the IWSR by Isle of Wight Council, which possible one going to the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre at Quainton Road. There is also...
Jul 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM -
Jamessquared liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
I've only used it for my version of breakfast when I am down that end of the Bluebell ; which consists of quite a lot inside a large bap! Plus coffee. Doing the above I've never experienced anything other than very friendly, helpful staff and...
Jul 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM -
Jamessquared liked Steve B's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
As ever, a really good read. Thankyou Tom Steve B
Jul 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM -
Jamessquared replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There's two overlapping questions in there: storage and exhibition are not the same thing. In particular, an exhibition space, for a given amount of storage, will be more expensive to build. Firstly that is because of the need to have circulation...
Jul 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM -
Jamessquared replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
The latest edition of The Bluebell Times is now available for July. In This Month's Edition: Summary of the BRPS AGM - Gordon Parry elected as a new Trustee, and John Knight stands down Restoration updates for Q class 541 and 9F 92240 Progress...
Jul 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM -
Jamessquared attached a file to the thread Gradient profiles of Heritage Railways - List in Post 1.
I've updated it (for the time being) to this page: https://www.svrwiki.com/Gradient_profile_and_mileages When I click on the link you gave, I get an error - I'll check back to see if it is a temporary error or permanent. [ATTACH] Tom
Jul 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Jamessquared liked Robin's post in the thread Gradient profiles of Heritage Railways - List in Post 1.
The SVR link in the first post has changed. The new link is https://www.svrwiki.com/Gradient_profile_and_mileages#/media/File:SVR_Gradient_Profile.jpg Request to Tom @Jamessquared to update the first post. Cheers Robin
Jul 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM -
Jamessquared liked Miff's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
In my view the ‘good grace’ business model is one of the greatest achievements of the Heritage Railway movement. Any director who does not see the importance of motivating people to volunteer so much of their time & money, for nothing but the...
Jul 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM -
Jamessquared replied to the thread Bluebell Motive Power.
I don't see why 80151 + 4 Maunsells won't happen? That's a perfectly viable combination of B set stock and B turn loco. (Admittedly, when they came into service they also had the Obo on the back). It's an unlikely combination for Giants of Steam...
Jul 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
