26D_M's Recent Activity
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26D_M replied to the thread Jacobite 2026.
Bingo, obtuse deflection alert!! You will never answer a direct question about something you've posted. It's always, what about, this that and the other, anything to avoid backing up what you've initially asserted. I'm not discussing the...
Aug 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM -
26D_M replied to the thread Jacobite 2026.
You've said this before and been asked to explain how you see WC in terms of business orthodoxy? Still waiting. I challenge you to explain your assertion in terms of WC specifically, not "general business principles" or some obtuse deflection....
Aug 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM -
26D_M liked Big Al's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
It was me doing the price comparison not @26D_M. Two adults £25.30 return. Two Jacobite adults £152 return. BUT, and it is a big but. You are paying for the loco, and if you haven't done the journey before, the experience and the opportunity to...
Aug 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM -
26D_M replied to the thread Jacobite 2026.
No, I was saying explicitly that the ScotRail 156 to Mallaig is better value than the current Jacobite. You widened that out for no obvious reason.
Aug 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM -
26D_M replied to the thread Jacobite 2026.
Sorry, you've lost me there. If the VT, Saphos or SRPS stock was used on the Jacobite it would be worth almost any premium over a ScotRail 156 but the current WC stock simply isn't, for me anyway.
Aug 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM -
26D_M replied to the thread Jacobite 2026.
Sorry, you've lost me there. If the VT, Saphos or SRPS stock was used on the Jacobite it would be worth almost any premium over a ScotRail 156 but the current WC stock simply isn't, for me anyway.
Aug 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM -
26D_M liked alexl102's post in the thread Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway.
Stunning job with the livery on that one. Best it's looked in years!
Aug 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM -
26D_M liked NathanP's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
Email received from VT this morning confirming that 13268 is still planned to debut Worcester Shakespeare 8th Nov.
Aug 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM -
26D_M replied to the thread Jacobite 2026.
Yes the attraction of the Jacobite in its "traditional" form over a Scotrail unit is undisputed. But 2024 onwards? Maybe not so much, although it still seems to sell well even though the operator themselves said the current rolling stock wasn't...
Aug 13, 2026 at 1:23 PM -
26D_M replied to the thread Jacobite 2026.
Its true on Northern routes but a) the journey to Mallaig is at much slower average speed and b) why on earth would you want to be lost in a podcast when travelling through the scenery of the WHL? An apples an pears comparison, really.
Aug 13, 2026 at 11:21 AM -
26D_M liked Jon Lever's post in the thread Fire Risk.
My bold. Surely part of the problem is that some (many/most?) of the privatised water companies seem unable to deliver on the very, very basic point of providing water to customers on demand, regardless of drought or other adverse conditions. If...
Aug 13, 2026 at 8:39 AM -
26D_M replied to the thread Jacobite 2026.
ScotRail has been operating discounted fares on the Mallaig line during the summer I read somewhere, which has not gone down well with the Jacobite operator. The 156 units are of course fresh air stock with big windows ......
Aug 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM -
26D_M liked acorb's post in the thread Fire Risk.
I would suggest when a very small number of people are getting ridiculously rich; while normal folk worry about turning on the cooker or boiler, when rivers are environmentally dead, when 25% of all drinking water is lost in leaks and a country...
Aug 12, 2026 at 9:20 PM
