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35B liked Dead Sheep's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
It was a Mess Room invention on the Kent and East Sussex Railway, which then spread elsewhere. The term was used partly as a mildly derogatory observation on the seemingly endless appearance of these engines on the weekly roster. However, beyond...
May 11, 2026 at 8:39 PM -
35B liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
Maybe some of the possible realities need to be thought about. We often talk about such schemes as some TOC (GBR I suppose) running over a heritage line. With all the issues we have with he likes of the DfT, ORR, NR, TOC's and the unions how...
May 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM -
35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It always was a distress sale - the question is how much the distress has been compounded. But, given a choice between an NYMR without the resources to overhaul her, and a Strathspey with those resources, I'm glad she's moving on
May 11, 2026 at 5:06 PM -
35B liked torgormaig's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Sorry to see her go - a capable and user friendly loco and in my opinion well suited to the Moors, especially with the lighter trains that we seem to run theses days. But she does need a lot of money spending on her which it seems that Strathspey...
May 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM -
35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
“Proceeds the sale [sic] will be reinvested in the NYMR’s heritage fleet and infrastructure” (my emphasis) Which rather sounds like they have sold a loco to pay for a bridge. Probably pragmatic in the circumstances, but even so … Wasn’t 76079...
May 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
