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  1. Spitfire 支持 LineisclearNorth Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.

    Spot on Tom. It had been hoped to bring the AGM date forward to August instead of its traditional Autumn date. Unfortunately that’s proved to be over optimistic. No need for conspiracy theories. The truth is mundane. Steve’s summary of the AGM...

    2026-08-13 , 20:04
  2. Spitfire 支持 JamessquaredWest Somerset Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.

    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...

    2026-08-12 , 21:40
  3. Spitfire 支持 Gladiator 5076Isle of Wight Steam Railway 内发表的帖子.

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

    2026-08-12 , 18:18
  4. Spitfire 支持 lostloginFire Risk 内发表的帖子.

    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...

    2026-08-11 , 18:38
  5. Spitfire 支持 JamessquaredFire Risk 内发表的帖子.

    That would be the special homeopathic water … Tom

    2026-08-11 , 18:36
  6. Spitfire 支持 LMS2968Fire Risk 内发表的帖子.

    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...

    2026-08-08 , 18:20
  7. Spitfire 回复主题: SVR General Discussion.

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

    2026-08-06