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  1. 1472 replied to the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    Spot on there Tom!

    Jun 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM

  2. 1472 replied to the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    So much assumption and confused thinking there! Where are the figures mentioned in the first sentence? How many folk are NOT now visiting because they find the current offering (disregarding the landslip) is no longer sufficiently attractive?...

    Jun 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM

  3. 1472 replied to the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    OK we have a one day subjective survey taken yesterday on the GWSR and the near daily observations of Southernman99. The point is not which is cheaper to run (all heritage workings would be by DMU if that was the sole consideration) but which...

    Jun 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM

  4. 1472 liked Southernman99's post in the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    I cannot disagree with the minimal offering of steam. We have seen a shift that has gone too far in one direction away from steam. We are far too quick to put a diesel service on over steam. (I am well aware of the short notice difficulties). You...

    Jun 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM

  5. 1472 replied to the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    The cost of coal is not quite the issue which it was a while ago. Prices per tonne are now around half those quoted at the peak. The depressed passenger figures and the actual, rather mininmal steam offering are not entirely unrelated.

    Jun 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM

  6. 1472 replied to the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    BR Mk1 coaches were not around in the 1940s. Does that invalidate around 80% of these events on other railways who have no alternative passenger stock?

    Jun 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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