26D_Ms letzte Aktivitäten
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26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Jacobite 2026.
Mine's, cough, 38 years, cough
14 August 2026 um 13:58 -
26D_M gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema Jacobite 2026.
Have we reached the "I was talking to an acquaintance of mine in Dagestan recently - lovely person, profoundly wise for an inhabitant of that part of the world - about one of my patents and ... [continues]" stage of this argument yet? Tom
14 August 2026 um 12:57 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Jacobite 2026.
I would suggest "the overall business" is in effect a support system for the steam loco collecting, restoring, operating etc. If one cares to go wider, it could be seen that coal merchanting and farming is the primary business which yielded the...
14 August 2026 um 11:53 -
26D_M gefällt Gladiator 5076s Beitrag in dem Thema Jacobite 2026.
You are both right really it is about shareholder value and the main shareholder almost certainly uses it to help maintain a collection. A collection that is really only part of the overall business though.
14 August 2026 um 11:45 -
26D_M gefällt GWR4707s Beitrag in dem Thema Jacobite 2026.
Can I suggest going and googling (or possibly purchasing) Principles of Economics by Alfred Marshall and possibly coming back to us after you have read that?
14 August 2026 um 11:45 -
26D_M gefällt GWR4707s Beitrag in dem Thema Jacobite 2026.
Indeed, albeit the theory can also be expanded to those who try to compare the operations of LSL and WCR on a level footing, they are both businesses that use rolling stock and train operation as part of a much wider group to achieve their owners...
14 August 2026 um 11:45 -
26D_M gefällt Sidmouths Beitrag in dem Thema Jacobite 2026.
@osprey if you could throw your (hissy) fit and throw off your primadonna gown that would be grand . Nat Pres is so much better when a question is answered rather than playing a game of obfustication . If not I will quite happily consign the mess...
14 August 2026 um 09:24 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Jacobite 2026.
Precisely so. Which was the point I was trying to get across, owning/operating steam locos would not, in and of itself be a profit making venture. The other avenues offset and subsidise the bit which is akin to 'hobby'. Which is why I also made...
14 August 2026 um 09:23 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Jacobite 2026.
Why are you interested to know what I think when you've clearly decided that I haven't a clue about anything? WC took over running on the Mallaig extension mid 90s and built it up into the Jacobite from the service established in 1984 under...
14 August 2026 um 08:58 -
26D_M gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I suggest you have that relationship the wrong way round; without the confidence of the support base, the lenders, regulators and grant funders are likely to be concerned about the viability of the model and, especially, whether the...
13 August 2026 um 20:48 -
26D_M gefällt Big Als Beitrag in dem Thema Jacobite 2026.
That's exactly what I said. You set a price point that the market will support. Given that it appears the train is fully booked for the rest of the season, West Coast seem to have got that just right. Shareholders? Not many of them in West Coast...
13 August 2026 um 20:18 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Jacobite 2026.
For goodness sake, you were the person who declared what the motives are for the Jacobite - "profit for shareholders". I simply put to you WC doesn't necessarily follow the business orthodoxy you are wedded to. I make no claim to knowledge other...
13 August 2026 um 20:18 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Jacobite 2026.
Bingo, obtuse deflection alert!! You will never answer a direct question about something you've posted. It's always, what about, this that and the other, anything to avoid backing up what you've initially asserted. I'm not discussing the...
13 August 2026 um 18:51 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Jacobite 2026.
You've said this before and been asked to explain how you see WC in terms of business orthodoxy? Still waiting. I challenge you to explain your assertion in terms of WC specifically, not "general business principles" or some obtuse deflection....
13 August 2026 um 17:33
