If you register, you can do a lot more. And become an active part of our growing community. You'll have access to hidden forums, and enjoy the ability of replying and starting conversations.

Spitfires letzte Aktivitäten

  1. Spitfire gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    To me it looks like a pragmatic decision faced with difficult choices. I suspect firstly that, mid week, there is a fair amount of coach traffic. So if you have (say) two coaches for your morning train and two for the afternoon, then agreeing...

    12 August 2026 um 21:40

  2. Spitfire gefällt Gladiator 5076s Beitrag in dem Thema Isle of Wight Steam Railway.

    Not sure they were an outlier MHR, Swanage, WSR were all running steam at the time as well as the IOWSR.

    12 August 2026 um 18:18

  3. Spitfire 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 18:38

  4. Spitfire gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    That would be the special homeopathic water … Tom

    11 August 2026 um 18:36

  5. Spitfire gefällt LMS2968s Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    The justification is mentioned elsewhere in this forum: the drop-off in passenger numbers when diesel replaces steam. Whatever the issues, unless the passengers turn up and buy their tickets, you're running your diesels at a loss, which cannot go...

    8 August 2026 um 18:20

  6. Spitfire antwortete auf das Thema SVR General Discussion.

    Consistently about 40% drop at NNR when diesels sub for steam during high fire risk spells.

    6 August 2026
Ältere Aktivitäten anzeigen