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3ABescot liked alrohomer's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
Here are a couple from yesterday. Widney Manor and Solihull Meadow. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Feb 19, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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3ABescot liked Robin's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
We slowed several times and Olton was one of them from memory. The 44 was between Tyseley and Moor Street, up to then it was never out of the 30s, but as you say we were out of the Dorridge loop not long after the stopper went past. It's not the...
Feb 18, 2026 at 10:34 PM -
3ABescot liked 2857Harry's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
Some very interesting comments about expected speeds, branded headboards, etc on here. I think generally people are missing that there’s a very good reason this is set up like Polar Express, because it’s targeted at families in the majority. So...
Feb 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM -
3ABescot liked Robin's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
The 13:31 off Dorridge, which pretty much ran to time, was average 27 mph and max 44 mph according to my phone app. Yes it is, but there was no real overcrowding when I was there - some good stewarding by the VT volunteers and station staff kept...
Feb 18, 2026 at 5:38 PM -
3ABescot replied to the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
Is the loco at the Birmingham end? If so I expect quite a crush on the concourse! Yes I saw those times, Martin, thanks.
Feb 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM -
3ABescot replied to the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
Thanks for the info. That pretty much confirmed the info I was given when I booked on the 1230 tomorrow. I'm still awaiting final details: VT emailed me yesterday morning to say they were working on these having received the NR timings the...
Feb 18, 2026 at 11:31 AM -
3ABescot liked Sidmouth's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:BMO/2026-02-18/0000-2359?stp=VSC&show=all&order=wtt&toc=TY RTT now up . I may be wrong but I don't believe there is a ret 5 today or tomorrow
Feb 18, 2026 at 11:27 AM -
3ABescot liked LMarsh1987's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
Can't share the document with the times for obvious reasons, but happy to show smokebox facing return times. TYS 09.50 - BMS 10.00 Ret 1 - Dorridge 11.10 - BMS 11.30 Ret 2 - Dorridge 13.10 - BMS 13.31 Ret 3 - Dorridge 15.10 - BMS 15.30 Ret 4...
Feb 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM -
3ABescot liked 5944's post in the thread Didcot Railway Centre.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Didcot in miniature spotted earlier at a Lego festival in Bedford!
Feb 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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3ABescot liked Gunslinger1948's post in the thread Didcot Railway Centre.
Any insights into what is going on re the Chief Executive post at Didcot? Railway museum head resigns amid reported power struggle Oxford Mail 11th February 2026: "The head of an Oxfordshire railway museum has resigned amid a reported power...
Feb 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM -
3ABescot liked lynbarn's post in the thread Didcot Railway Centre.
Just came across this...
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3ABescot liked 35B's post in the thread Didcot Railway Centre.
I didn't get that from the piece linked - rather a concern that in focusing on being a museum*, the ability to attract the families who will actually pay what's required was being lost. I also noticed worrying suggestions in that piece that...
Feb 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM -
3ABescot liked William Fletcher's post in the thread Didcot Railway Centre.
Not ideal, and a lesson to us all I think, particularly those who denigrate the family market for whatever reason
Feb 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM -
3ABescot liked Jamie C. Steel's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
The AWS and TPWS on the trailing locomotive(s) would be isolated as otherwise you would receive a spurious alert and potential application of the brakes as the signal would revert to danger when the first wheel has passed onto the next circuit.
Feb 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM -
3ABescot liked LMarsh1987's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
A couple of video stills from yesterday.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Feb 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
