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Gladiator 5076's Recent Activity

  1. Gladiator 5076 liked Chris86's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    The impression I have been given by someone who has been involved with Thomas events is that with the licensing etc. they are quite expensive to run, and the key to making them a success is to have plenty available to facilitate secondary spend...

    Mar 11, 2026 at 2:12 PM

  2. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Well the MHR have a 9 day and a 6 day one. They seem to make it work, and as the usual suspects continue to moan that the railway does not run "events" then be interesting to see if it works "up North"

    Mar 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM

  3. Gladiator 5076 attached a file to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.

    Feeling very lousy today and certainly with no energy to walk anywhere, so here is your 10:30 run coming back through HX in not the greatest light. For anyone on it, the second image (taken on my way back from the dentist which I had to drive to...

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  4. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026.

    I thought the looked rather fine, a somewhat end of steam look about them.

    Mar 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM

  5. Gladiator 5076 attached a file to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.

    With the U in service at the weekend and today on driver experience the "excellent Purbeck Spring weather?:( can be seen from the following images. The first being Saturday with the U's first train since the winter warm up and today on a very...

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  6. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread 6024 King Edward 1.

    That may be a tangential value, but not much use to the likes of WR,LS, TY or the tour companies.

    Mar 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM

  7. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Flying Scotsman.

    The method of operation is described in the example itinerary. However the booking page says: "travelling with Flying Scotsman on a spectacular round trip along the railway’s 10-mile line, covering a total distance of 20 miles." I wonder how many...

    Mar 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM

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

    I wouldn't expect a CEO to proof read press releases, or check timetables. Those are jobs for marketing and operating people. A CEO has to deal with the global, not the minutiae.

    Mar 9, 2026 at 1:58 PM

  9. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread 6024 King Edward 1.

    Whilst I agree dining may be out of the reach of many (as are concerts or Premier League football matches as examples) you are making a correlation I think is incorrect. Belmond, Statesman, Northern Belle all do well on a dining product that is...

    Mar 9, 2026 at 11:25 AM

  10. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Flying Scotsman.

    Have DB not also downsized. I thought I read on another forum that a number of drivers had been offered the opportunity to transfer along with some work to GBRF. Not sure if that would have any impact on the steam driver pool, but this move being...

    Mar 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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