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  1. oldmrheath liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    Although I get the point that a Merchant Navy is a very large loco for operating 5 coach trains, it remains the case that the cheapest loco to operate is the one you have available right now. In other words - 35005 may burn a lot of coal, but the...

    1. Rujan 2026. u 12:27
  2. oldmrheath liked Miff's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    Very early in my career I worked for a small(ish) manufacturing company. At a meeting about new products the MD summed up the discussion as “so what we need is a Cheap S**t Unit for the export market”. The R&D man wrote down ‘CSU’ and took it...

    26. Kolovoz 2026.