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acorb liked Jamessquared's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
To me it looks like a pragmatic decision faced with difficult choices. I suspect firstly that, mid week, there is a fair amount of coach traffic. So if you have (say) two coaches for your morning train and two for the afternoon, then agreeing...
Aug 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM -
acorb liked Breva's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
I see it as a function room, eg bar during galas, or for hire / ceremonies. Our commercial people need to see it when it's finished, and then hopefully that will stimulate ideas. Previously there was a weed covered hole where it now stands, so...
Aug 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM -
acorb replied to the thread Fire Risk.
I would suggest when a very small number of people are getting ridiculously rich; while normal folk worry about turning on the cooker or boiler, when rivers are environmentally dead, when 25% of all drinking water is lost in leaks and a country...
Aug 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM -
acorb liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Fire Risk.
I don't think you need to be a died-in-the-wool socialist to realise that the way we have privatised utilities over the last 40 years has not worked for consumers, which was the premise that was sold. The most egregious example of that is the way...
Aug 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM -
acorb liked Big Al's post in the thread Fire Risk.
In the grand scheme of things the current drought is bad news for the nation and especially the water companies who have been managing badly the precious resource they have been charged to look after whilst helping shareholders to make a lot of...
Aug 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM -
acorb liked blink bonny's post in the thread Fire Risk.
Taking water from the River Test is nothing short of environmental vandalism. Southern England is home to 85% of the world's supply of chalk streams and the Test is one of the best known and most important. They are incredibly rare and valuable...
Aug 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM -
acorb liked 2857Harry's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
I genuinely think Scot Rail would make a killing if they ran a special out there ahead of the stems workings. Be nice a 156 terminate and go in the Yard :D Maybe I’m dreaming of a railway built on common sense. :eek:
Aug 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM -
acorb liked Kje7812's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
A decent sized tree, delays were up to 50 mins but making up time now.
Aug 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM -
acorb liked 26D_M's post in the thread RTC 2026.
Something which really belongs in the "Transparency .....etc" thread but this sort of discussion has been going on for well over a decade. When some sensible folk said exactly as you have, Alan, others piled in with "so sue RTC". It's as if RTC...
Aug 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM -
acorb replied to the thread RTC 2026.
That is very poor from RTC - they should be aware the chances of that being steam hauled are practically non existent. How about accept reality and hire a pair 20s or 37s and try and make something of a situation nobody can do anything about?...
Aug 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM -
acorb liked LittleRedTrain's post in the thread RTC 2026.
Received the following in an e-mail from RTC today: [ATTACH] I'd say this sails very close to the edge of 'mis-selling' given that the chances of steam haulage are, barring a major monsoon, slim to nil, and the vintage trams haven't been running...
Aug 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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acorb liked Petra Wilde's post in the thread Fire Risk.
I only agree to a limited extent, sadly. Yes, more intense rain will happen eventually and for the UK, climate change predictions suggest wetter winters are statistically likely. But there is still the practical question of when and where things...
Aug 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM -
acorb liked 35B's post in the thread Fire Risk.
I think it does matter, but how much depends on a number of factors. I've witnessed people walk away when told that they'll get a diesel, but the conversation was simply steam/diesel in the context of a railway whose advertising focused on...
Aug 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM
