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  1. Neil_Scott
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    Edward Thompson: Wartime C.M.E. Discussion

    If you're going to quote from someone else's book which includes their use of a primary source than you are quoting from secondary sources which...
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Jan 5, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Motive Power

    You can also measure CaSL too! (Cancellations and Significant Lateness (I think))! Have a look at this for some useful info:...
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Jan 4, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Motive Power

    Public Performance Measure. It's how the railway industry measures how many trains arrive 'on time' at every destination. All TOC's have a daily...
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Jan 4, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Motive Power

    Interesting figures, I would imagine but have no statistics to back up my points that some of the narrow gauge engines work much harder and the...
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Jan 4, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Motive Power

    How near to the limit do your smaller engines get?
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Jan 4, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Edward Thompson: Wartime C.M.E. Discussion

    Most railway historians that I have read tend to subscribe to the 'Great Man' theory of history which is much reputed these days. The theory,...
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Jan 4, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Overalls - A warning - Loco Crews and Shed Staff please read!

    No I wouldn't, I try to keep as clean as I can during the prep/disposal of a steam engine. Any overalls that appear to be saturated with oil or...
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 30, 2014 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Overalls - A warning - Loco Crews and Shed Staff please read!

    Perhaps a luxury that many people don't have. When I go to Wales for a week I don't take 7 boiler suits with me and I doubt many others do either!
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 30, 2014 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Another Garratt to be Restored

    Provide a public service to whom exactly?
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 29, 2014 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Another Garratt to be Restored

    The railway tried an early morning diesel service and then utitlised a double-engine to work a late afternoon train to Rhyd Dhu but withdrew it...
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 29, 2014 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Another Garratt to be Restored

    2 round trips on a 'blue' day and 3 on a 'yellow' day - yellow days are peak season/bank holidays.
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 28, 2014 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Steaming back into Ryde?

    Bit to gricer-ish for him!
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 24, 2014 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Steaming back into Ryde?

    Why is a corridor train more expensive than a non-corridor train?
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 24, 2014 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    another post got me thinking....

    To answer this surely you have decide what preservation means, did it start in 1951 or before?
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 24, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    The next newbuild

    Class 60s will be the next big thing.
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 23, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Another Garratt to be Restored

    There's always 1 spare. The railway has done pretty well with only 3 recently, I don't see a crying need for more although it would be 'nice to...
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 23, 2014 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Another Garratt to be Restored

    Let's turn the question around: when has 3 never been enough?
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 22, 2014 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Nationalisation good or bad ? (ex cheerful 2015 thread)

    Fair enough, I'm sure there were some contentious uses of line closurers for the author to prove his point. I haven't got my copy at hand at the...
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 22, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Nationalisation good or bad ? (ex cheerful 2015 thread)

    What do you find about the research that was lacking?
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 22, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Nationalisation good or bad ? (ex cheerful 2015 thread)

    It's a mistake to be so dimissive of an argument that you haven't actually read. Be a bit open-minded and you might be surprised. Do you think...
    Post by: Neil_Scott, Dec 22, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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