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  1. bluetrain liked black5's post in the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.

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    Nov 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM

  2. bluetrain liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Whilst I do agree the Bluebell has a plan, personally from someone who has worked under the sort of financial control mentioned there I would say it is a big leap to "have formulated a plan to deal with it without cutting essential expenditure on...

    Nov 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM

  3. bluetrain liked Fenway's post in the thread Steam at Austria's Least Known Narrow Gauge.

    The Gurktalbahn is where? Well, 1 hour north of Klagenfurt, but conveniently reached on direct trains from Vienna over the Semmering Railway, well those that avoid Graz and the new high speed Koralmbahn! Limited to just 3 km in length because...

    Nov 3, 2026 at 10:18 PM

  4. bluetrain replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    I fear that 2026 has been a bad financial year for many of our heritage railways, particularly those who had to suspend steam operations for prolonged periods during the hot summer and drought. More broadly, the inflated prices for coal and...

    Nov 2, 2026

  5. bluetrain liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I'm broadly sympathetic to the above, but I'd caution about getting too fixated on "administration" costs, because it really does depend what is included. I took a quick squiz at the most recent Bluebell accounts, and in the management...

    Nov 2, 2026
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