Gladiator 5076's Recent Activity
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Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread 6024 King Edward 1.
There is also the fact that there are regulatory requirements that everyone has to meet, but then there are I suspect LSL in house requirements that will be over and above that. It strikes me as potentially similar to where BA (despite at the...
Feb 23, 2026 at 3:06 PM -
Gladiator 5076 liked LMarsh1987's post in the thread Great Central Railway General Matters.
78018 is seen double heading with 78019 on it's last run before being withdrawn for overhaul, hopefully it's back in the not to distant future. [ATTACH]
Feb 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Gladiator 5076 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Isn’t 37688 a diesel? In which case it is only one steam loco? Reassembly and running in of a steam loco after significant maintenance isn’t a five minute job either. Though I suppose the answer to the question “how many steam locos will they...
Feb 23, 2026 at 10:42 AM -
Gladiator 5076 liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
1. If they cant keep people on the railway who do they think is going to buy the 'donation fare'. They have made most of the traffic Pickering to Whitby (and return). To use the voucher you have to get off the train and use a shop or tea room...
Feb 23, 2026 at 10:41 AM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
A tour without a planned break anywhere I see.
Feb 21, 2026 at 11:21 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Maybe they are just assuming Northern will not have any drivers or guards on a Sunday. Still an issue from what I read elsewhere.;) No not a great look to get it wrong but: 1) It does not have any impact until the last week in July so I doubt...
Feb 21, 2026 at 4:25 PM -
Gladiator 5076 liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
As I got to know Salmon who ran the Witput hotel I always got room 5. It had a bath and a door that opened directly to the outside that was a few paces to the track side. And as steam operations reduced, Peter Odell, a De Aar driver until that...
Feb 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
I understand there was a power failure on the DMU which meant it needed power from elsewhere. T & T because wit the Rail 200 train in the down platform at Corfe nowhere to run round. Not that you would want to be doing that on what was only a 2...
Feb 20, 2026 at 11:34 PM
