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26D_Ms letzte Aktivitäten

  1. 26D_M gefällt acorbs Beitrag in dem Thema S&C 150: 25/05/26.

    A bit of strange comment, but to be expected whenever someone says something critical of 10A, which seemingly is the biggest elephant in the room these days that no one is allowed an opinion on. As a railway enthusiast I make no apologies for...

    19 Februar 2026 um 19:59

  2. 26D_M gefällt acorbs Beitrag in dem Thema S&C 150: 25/05/26.

    I don't know and I am not an engineer. But keep the maths simple. Let's call it £50k, and a mainline steam loco commands a hire fee of £5k. 10 missed outings covers it, especially if you are having to hire in a replacement. The likes of 46115,...

    19 Februar 2026 um 19:58

  3. 26D_M gefällt acorbs Beitrag in dem Thema S&C 150: 25/05/26.

    I think the basic argument that the estimated £ already lost in revenue on the last 2 seasons of the Jacobite would have covered the cost of fitting out the Jacobite carriage fleet - is essentially sound. What is also true is the longer these...

    19 Februar 2026 um 16:55

  4. 26D_M gefällt steam_mads Beitrag in dem Thema S&C 150: 25/05/26.

    If I recall correctly (not been on a SRPS committee now for 3 years!), it was £100k component cost for 10 vehicles (incl. a kitchen car not needing locks) with labour on top if contracted out, which the Society has done for 6 vehicles. Probably...

    19 Februar 2026 um 12:30

  5. 26D_M gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema S&C 150: 25/05/26.

    Except that £50,000 per vehicle that WCRC were quoting was also bullshit, same as the 120 coaches to be fitted with CDL. Northern Belle are quoted as saying it would cost them £20,000 per vehicle. SRPS are quoted as saying it'll cost £100,000 to...

    19 Februar 2026 um 12:30

  6. 26D_M gefällt acorbs Beitrag in dem Thema Saphos: Blue Peter to Carlisle - 12/02/26; Sir Nigel Gresley - 11/03/26.

    By heck, I was on that, did it to celebrate my Grandad's 70th birthday. To think this year my dad is celebrating his 70th and we are doing an A1 over Shap.. Time does play tricks, but we still have steam over Shap - I remember the advertising...

    17 Februar 2026 um 09:35

  7. 26D_M gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema S&C 150: 25/05/26.

    WCRC are quoted as saying it'll cost £7m to fit 120 vehicles with CDL. They don't have 120 Mk1s! At most they only need about 60 for two mainline sets, two Jacobite sets, and a couple of dozen spares. As you say, there's a lot of third party...

    16 Februar 2026 um 12:31
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