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banburysaint liked 5944's post in the thread Didcot Railway Centre.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Didcot in miniature spotted earlier at a Lego festival in Bedford!
Feb 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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banburysaint liked green five's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
41312 has been unveiled in her new livery: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Pictures from Facebook. Sent from my XQ-BT52 using Tapatalk
Feb 12, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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banburysaint liked 5944's post in the thread Oswestry Update.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1846a4d4UL/ Cambrian Heritage Railways are happy to announce that in December 2025, we were given the opportunity to bid on several items being disposed of by the National Museum and Galleries of Wales. From...
Feb 11, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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banburysaint liked Andy B's post in the thread 76077.
We’ve started the year well with lots of little jobs underway, the kind of ones that you never see but take ages. We’re getting somewhere on the cylinder cladding for the valves, just three more to do. Tender water valves have been completed...
Feb 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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banburysaint liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm told that donations towards the bridge appeal have reached £100K which is pretty good going given the length of time the appeal has been going. I wonder if there have been a couple of substantial donations from people? Whatever, it is good...
Feb 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM -
banburysaint liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There is strong anecdotal evidence from booking office and other staff that significant numbers of would be passengers turn and walk if they find that a planned steam service is going to be diesel hauled and passenger numbers are significantly...
Feb 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM -
banburysaint liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The only real difference in NYMR timetabling between pre Whitby and post Whitby is that some trains continue beyond Grosmont. Until 2024 there were essentially the same number of trains/day at roughly the same times, all serving Grosmont,...
Feb 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM -
banburysaint liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Is your night time tariff cheaper?;)
Feb 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM -
banburysaint liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I suppose when all is said and done perhaps the situation is as simple as this… heritage railways cannot be run as cheaply as they once could (fewer volunteers, especially with key skills, rising costs especially energy) and people don’t have the...
Feb 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM -
banburysaint liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Indeed not. If we make, gross, say £1m in catering trains out of a gross railway income of £4.5m, then not running those trains just means the fixed costs of running the railway - infrastructure and so on - gets spread over a smaller base,...
Feb 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM -
banburysaint liked LC2's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
I can't really speak for the mk2s as I wasn't there (except wouldn't it be nice to have some ETH coaches for the Diesels?) I suspect (and I'd guess the PTBs suspect too) that the Sprinter's main bonus is providing the edge services, the 10:50...
Feb 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM -
banburysaint liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Going back many years bow, there was a plan to build the NYMR equivalent of the Engine House at Grosmont. it was in the 1980's and would be known as the Bellwood centre and primarily intended to hold out of ticket locos under cover but with much...
Feb 8, 2026 at 9:31 AM
