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  1. green five gefällt Big Als Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    If you look at Belmond's extensive programme of 2026 British Pullman trips you will see that, as normal, the steam ones with Clan Line are in a minority. However, they have planned for steam to operate primarily in the early and late season with...

    11 August 2026 um 13:32

  2. green five gefällt lostlogins Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    Even replacing by diesel may not be straight forward as volunteers often book long in advance and those volunteers may only be passed for steam and not diesel. With the steam ban operating departments are at short notice having to find crews...

    11 August 2026 um 13:31

  3. green five gefällt NathanPs Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    Bo'ness still steam as well. I was there on Thursday. Spent last week in Linlithgow and it rained every day. Thick green grass on the fields as well, I'd forgotten what green grass looked like!

    11 August 2026 um 13:30

  4. green five gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    MSLR have been diesel only for a couple of weekends now, so you were lucky to get steam. 60007 has also lost several trips, and I can't see it working any of the Kingswear trips before it heads to the Moors in a little over a month's time. Even...

    11 August 2026 um 13:30

  5. green five gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    That would be the special homeopathic water … Tom

    11 August 2026 um 13:29

  6. green five gefällt bluetrains Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    You are right - this is becoming a very real concern. I suspect that many railway managements will now quietly be making contingency plans in case they are unable to go ahead with planned autumn steam galas. I suppose the main options are...

    11 August 2026 um 13:29

  7. green five gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    The Government needs to appoint a minister for drought - that worked last time! (Then we can all complain about the heavy flooding we will inevitably be getting …) Tom

    11 August 2026 um 13:29

  8. green five gefällt Gladiator 5076s Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    We have not had the "Save Water Bath with a Friend" campaign yet.:) Although some water companies could run that all year it seems.

    11 August 2026 um 13:29

  9. green five gefällt LMarsh1987s Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    For me, I'm more concerned about the Autumn Gala season being wiped out, especially the early one's in September.

    11 August 2026 um 13:29

  10. green five gefällt acorbs Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    Can't disagree with that summary either, I had a feeling when on the ill fated VT Liverpool trip last month that it maybe sometime before mainline steam came back. An NR friend of mine just msgd to say there were 9 lineside fires yesterday alone,...

    11 August 2026 um 13:28

  11. green five gefällt The Gricing Owls Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    My own view is that the return of steam could be even further away than that, very sadly of course. Not only for when we get enough rain to make the lineside safe. But also the question of the water supply situation and what further restrictions...

    11 August 2026 um 13:27

  12. green five gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    A lot of good points in there. To take the Bluebell as an example, we have something like 30 drivers, but only around half of them have diesel competence of some kind. Moreover, for the class 33 and class 201 that had generally lapsed at the...

    11 August 2026 um 13:27

  13. green five gefällt Flying Phils Beitrag in dem Thema Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.

    Thanks for posting these links to the blog updates, much appreciated and it is great to see the work being done in the various areas along the route.

    10 August 2026 um 13:25

  14. green five gefällt Brevas Beitrag in dem Thema Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.

    I've just published the July blog update. https://yeovalleylines.blogspot.com/2026/08/july-update.html It contains an open invitation to the next track walk, and subsequent info meeting in Barnstaple on Saturday 26th September. You don't have...

    10 August 2026 um 13:25
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