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  1. D7076 replied to the thread WSR Autumn Steam Gala: 25th - 27th September 2026.

    All three industrials were dead on shed Sunday . a wasted opportunity for brake van rides up and down the platform esp for the fireless loco ..

    Sep 28, 2026 at 4:21 PM

  2. 5944 replied to the thread Flying Scotsman Main Line Railtours Autumn 2026.

    Shouldn't need coal during the day, 266 miles (F&E saying 133 miles for each trip), with the 37 assisting again, should be doable. Water at Challow on the approach to Didcot on the first run?

    Sep 28, 2026 at 4:18 PM

  3. 5098 replied to the thread Flying Scotsman Main Line Railtours Autumn 2026.

    That makes sense.

    Sep 28, 2026 at 4:14 PM

  4. Steve liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    All of this stems from the fact the products aren't good enough and they are too expensive (or indeed sometimes not expensive enough). I've had a fascinating three days talking to members of the public attending the gala, while showing them...

    Sep 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM

  5. 35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Absolutely - though I'd like to see the discussion at a board where they realise they need an appeal because too few people have died lately! More seriously, and with experience of benefitting from legacies, they are very unreliable as a source...

    Sep 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM

  6. Steve liked ghost's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    The first is perhaps an answer that would be given to someone enquiring about the AGM of Big Company PLC. The second is an answer given to someone enquiring about a heritage railway that is not only reliant on a group of volunteers giving up...

    Sep 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM

  7. 35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    This is where accounting conventions and reality run up against each other. You can and should write capital projects down over a period, but that doesn't always mean that the cold hard cash is available at the time that it's needed for the next...

    Sep 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM

  8. Ben Jenden replied to the thread GCR Autumn Steam Gala - 1st-4th October 2026.

    Bus shuttle timetable Autumn-Steam-Gala-Bus-Stops-2026.pdf Train timetable seemingly pulled from website at time of posting this

    Sep 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM

  9. Steve liked jnc's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    To circle back to this revelation from the PLC's financial statement (with that £500,000 labelled "Other operating income"; which gives a somewhat misleading perception of what actually happened, when it was actually a grant from the Trust), I...

    Sep 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM

  10. David Mylchreest replied to the thread WSR Autumn Steam Gala: 25th - 27th September 2026.

    No sign of the lady at Minehead when I past by on Saturday

    Sep 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM

  11. 5098 replied to the thread Flying Scotsman Main Line Railtours Autumn 2026.

    It doesn't need to be turned. Arrives from the west, departs to the east. But I would have thought coal and water were needed in the 20 minutes.

    Sep 28, 2026 at 3:55 PM

  12. Enterprise replied to the thread VT: The Great Northern with Tornado - 26/09/26.

    But did not a major signalling update take place at the beginning of this year? Do I assume from what you write that this digitalisation did not affect the existing routing possibilities?

    Sep 28, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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