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MuzTrem liked RichardSalmon's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
It's funny how these things happen. I'd heard they used the Mk.1 for Dunkirk because the director didn't like the shape of the window, which made no sense; it being the colour of the interior sounds much more likely! For John Carter of Mars they...
Apr 17, 2024 at 7:14 PM -
MuzTrem liked Robin Moira White's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
It was a better solution than the Director’s first suggestion which was to whitewash the inside of the Bulleid coach..
Apr 17, 2024 at 7:13 PM -
MuzTrem liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
It definitely feels that way. There will be a little "gosh, I didn't even know we owned that" restoration update in Friday's issue of Bluebell Times! Nothing major before hares start running, just a bit unexpected - to me at least. Tom
Apr 17, 2024 at 7:13 PM -
MuzTrem liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Motive Power.
Interesting - we are going to have a surfeit of big locos next year! (Sir Archie, Beachy Head, Camelot, 80151 and Wightwick Hall, not to mention 541 at some point). Tom
Apr 14, 2024 at 8:33 AM -
MuzTrem liked Ben Jenden's post in the thread Bluebell Motive Power.
Announced on Facebook by its loco owners... 6989 "Wightwick Hall" is now staying for the 2025 season.
Apr 14, 2024 at 8:33 AM -
MuzTrem liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Motive Power.
You could come down south! ;) Given the way loco exchanges often have a degree of mutuality, I wonder if a Bluebell loco going to the East Lancs could be a possibility given the two that came our way last year. (No inside info, I hasten to add,...
Apr 14, 2024 at 8:33 AM -
MuzTrem liked Jamessquared's post in the thread The Vale of Rheidol Railway - News.
Somewhere I found a photo (and I can't for the life of me find it again) of a wooden block pavement in a railway town that had been made by recycling the teak blocks from Mansell wooden carriage wheels - evidently at a time when thousands of such...
Apr 14, 2024 at 8:32 AM -
MuzTrem liked 5914's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
There is a difference between what is provided for personal and business banking. Whilst it is true that deposits and withdrawals can be made at a Post Office this can only be done during office hours (which finish before the point where banking...
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MuzTrem liked 80104's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Apologies I didnt make myself sufficiently clear. I meant that ceasing to accept cash could save the cost of 1 FTE plus banking and cash collection charges. AIUI the time spent by those members of staff in the reservations / cash office to...
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MuzTrem liked 80104's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
This could be confusing terminology and thus the metrics. 10% of transactions by cash is unlikely to be 10% of turnover. Cash transactions are much more likely to be for a postcard or other small value purchase in the shop or the buffet than a...
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MuzTrem liked 5944's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
He said "potentially". Income appears to be about £3m/yr. So 10% of that is £300,000. Spread over, what, 250 operating days, that's £1200/day. A significant sum, but still only 10% of the daily takings.
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MuzTrem liked steam_mad's post in the thread Strathspey Railway.
[ATTACH] 46464 reunited with 46512 in steam yesterday for the first time in a very long time. Photo by Robin Taylor, taken from: The Carmyllie Pilot Company Ltd | Facebook
Apr 13, 2024
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MuzTrem liked Dan Bennett's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Swanage’s nearest branch of Barclays (with whom we bank) is now in Dorchester. So that’s a 60 mile/1.5 hours (on a good day) round trip for someone carrying potentially 10s of thousands of pounds in their car. Or we pay a security company £10k+ a...
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MuzTrem replied to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
The problem is that the amount of administration involved in handling cash remains the same, regardless of how much cash you actually handle. I see this in my current day job...every day our front of house staff have to count out the float, then...
Apr 13, 2024
