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green five liked alastair's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
We did Pullman dining on the double headed Plymouth trip last September. It was a good experience, staff were well-organised and friendly/welcoming. Food was OK, comparable to RTC dining (I have not done Saphos dining so cannot compare with...
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green five liked black5's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I don’t think I’ve seen this point in the discussion of trains terminating at Goathland. For anything more than very short term (ie. half term week), do you really want to be terminating trains all day at Goathland and fully unloading trains with...
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green five liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I don’t think a method of long term repair has been decided upon, as yet, but I could be wrong. The aim has got to be to run trains this year, I would have thought. My thoughts are that it would be sensible to sacrifice the 2026 Santa season and...
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green five liked Sheff's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I doubt anyone can answer this at the moment, but with my old project management hat on, would it feasible to prop it and then repair whist propped to avoid further disruption in future?
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green five liked Big Al's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
In a long and considered post that final paragraph (above) stood out for me. Whether it's true or not isn't the point. If one person who seems to care about the NYMR thinks it then there are probably others and that is not good news.
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green five liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
All true - most railway GMs (or equivalent role) don't post regularly elsewhere in a personal capacity. The notable exceptions being Gus Dunster (SVR) and Jonnie Pay (Spa Valley). Robin Coombes used to give occasional insights to the running of...
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green five liked 21B's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
It is some way off because a lot of money needs to be found. Even then it will be an historic item and need a degree of cosseting. The 150 is currently and will for a while be a darn sight easier to get spares for too.
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green five liked 5944's post in the thread 4270.
They'll fit in perfectly, what with already having a station ending in Road due to it being nearly 3 miles away from the village it's meant to serve.
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green five liked Fireline's post in the thread 4270.
It's the Kent & East Swindon.
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green five liked LC2's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
I can't really speak for the mk2s as I wasn't there (except wouldn't it be nice to have some ETH coaches for the Diesels?) I suspect (and I'd guess the PTBs suspect too) that the Sprinter's main bonus is providing the edge services, the 10:50...
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green five liked Nick C's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Exactly that - it allows for a two-train service on the days when it's not justified to steam a second loco - so a 10:50 off Alton instead of 12:00 on the one-train or 1+ timetable.
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green five liked LC2's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
It surely is a pragmatic solution to the off season 2nd train issue, which the thumper could have been the solution to if work was not needed on it. If you could have both the sprinter and thumper available you then have cover for each other in...
20. Siječanj 2026. u 13:14
