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  1. Jamessquared liked RWJP's post in the thread Fire Risk and Preserved Lines.

    Not speaking from any position of knowledge or expertise but I presume there's a wide variety of reasons. Risk appetite is no doubt one of them, aversion to negative press could be another (see Kingscross' post above). Nature of the vegetation...

    Jul 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM

  2. Jamessquared liked Johnb's post in the thread Railways and People.

    Waiting for the road, Horsted Keynes, 12th July 2025 [ATTACH]

    _DSC3765.jpg Jul 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM

  3. Jamessquared replied to the thread Fire Risk and Preserved Lines.

    I'm not criticising the decisions made by individual railways who do, of course, know the circumstances in their precise area. Rather, my query was why are some lines feeling able to continue running steam in this heatwave and others not? I'm...

    Jul 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM

  4. Jamessquared replied to the thread Fire Risk and Preserved Lines.

    Lots of diesel substitution, but also other railways still continuing with steam. On the Bluebell we have three steam services this weekend, as pretty much every weekend this year. (In fact four locos this weekend, as 65 and 72 are double...

    Jul 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM

  5. Jamessquared liked 60044's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    Maybe the AI underpinning this site is learning from a lot of us and getting very bored with BR black and numbers/crests? Not all of us are dinosaurs looking to recreate their youth - some of us enjoy seeing history from further back recreated!

    Jul 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM

  6. Jamessquared liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Which takes us back to the difficult questions of “necessity”. A previous post suggested that repairing the single slip is not essential; similar arguments have been made about maintaining the DMUs. Yet those choices have then limited the options...

    Jul 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM

  7. Jamessquared liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Usually crewed by members of the "they" department too!

    Jul 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM

  8. Jamessquared replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I think you have rather shot down your own argument though! Can you operate Grosmont - Goathland shuttles without the single slip? Well yes, but only (1) if you choose a unique vehicle (the railcar) so have no operational contingency in event of...

    Jul 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM

  9. Jamessquared replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Ah yes, the magic "second loco appears out of nowhere" - solves myriad operational problems, that one ... :) Tom

    Jul 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM

  10. Jamessquared replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    Kind of you to say. It also reminds me that I have been somewhat asleep at the wheel in publishing rosters. (For family reasons, I'm having a couple of months away so haven't been keeping so close an eye on rosters - back late summer). Anyway,...

    Jul 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM

  11. Jamessquared liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    Yes a great read as always Tom, many thanks for your work on it. I must comment on the opening photo where the photographer has seemingly (to me at least) taken the Beachy Head on the Maunsells photo to partly hide the extra vehicle on the rear!...

    Jul 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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