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green five liked Big Al's post in the thread 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...
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM -
green five liked lostlogin's post in the thread 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...
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM -
green five liked NathanP's post in the thread 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!
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM -
green five liked 5944's post in the thread 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...
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM -
green five liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Fire Risk.
That would be the special homeopathic water … Tom
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM -
green five liked bluetrain's post in the thread 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...
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM -
green five liked Jamessquared's post in the thread 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
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM -
green five liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread 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.
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM -
green five liked LMarsh1987's post in the thread Fire Risk.
For me, I'm more concerned about the Autumn Gala season being wiped out, especially the early one's in September.
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM -
green five liked acorb's post in the thread 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,...
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:28 PM -
green five liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread 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...
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM -
green five liked Jamessquared's post in the thread 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...
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM -
green five liked Flying Phil's post in the thread 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.
Aug 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM -
green five liked Breva's post in the thread 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...
Aug 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
