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  1. 35B replied to the thread Jacobite 2024.

    Discussed at length previously, and given the prevailing law, that case is very weak. It should also be remembered that the exemption wasn't just for Jacobite stock, but the whole fleet.

    Apr 18, 2024 at 9:46 AM

  2. 35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread A2 60532 Blue Peter.

    I find it drily amusing that you go to the effort of promoting a gala, you have an absolutely megastar visitor (take a bow, Fenchurch); a home-railway favourite back after overhaul and looking the bees knees (the Stanier Mogul) and yet all anyone...

    Apr 18, 2024 at 8:01 AM

  3. 35B liked Apollo12's post in the thread Jacobite 2024.

    I knew I could come on here to find out what happened ;) Sanders were tested and all ok on shed, dried out before starting out from Glenfinnan and then when stuck on the hill in filthy weather conditions they were checked and no longer working....

    Apr 17, 2024 at 7:47 PM

  4. 35B liked Johnb's post in the thread Jacobite 2024.

    There seems to be a lot of misinformation on here about the running of the Jacobite. The reason for normally having the engine facing west is so the passengers can get some proper pictures of it at Fort William, its off the end of the platform at...

    Apr 17, 2024 at 4:23 PM

  5. 35B replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I think this combines two claims. There is a VAT rule which has long been established to apply regardless of the utility of the destination station (e.g. Killington Lane). That exists separately to (and for a different tax) the Gift Aid...

    Apr 17, 2024 at 1:32 PM

  6. 35B liked pmh_74's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I believe (someone correct me if I'm wrong please) that the South Tynedale and the KESR also claim gift-aid on fares. Somehow. Worth mentioning that if you're lucky enough to be a 40%+ taxpayer you can claim some tax back on charitable giving on...

    Apr 17, 2024 at 1:24 PM

  7. 35B replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I'm not. The train is part of the work of the charity, so travelling on it is a means of experiencing that work. Full credit is due to those who've identified the opportunity.

    Apr 17, 2024 at 1:07 PM

  8. 35B replied to the thread Jacobite 2024.

    The suggestion I've heard is that the conditions were blooming awful, and that the availability of sand was reduced because the locomotive was running tender first (one pair of sanders rather than two?).

    Apr 17, 2024 at 1:06 PM

  9. 35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    There was an earlier discussion on this subject (about reclamation of Gift Aid on fares) on a different thread. The NYMR (amongst others) operates on that model (which is in itself interesting, since they are somewhat comfortably the largest...

    Apr 17, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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