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Gladiator 5076s letzte Aktivitäten

  1. Gladiator 5076 gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    Although I get the point that a Merchant Navy is a very large loco for operating 5 coach trains, it remains the case that the cheapest loco to operate is the one you have available right now. In other words - 35005 may burn a lot of coal, but the...

    31 August 2026 um 21:53

  2. Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    All industries have abbreviations, especially TLA's. In aviation Rockwell Collins (one of the big avionics OEM's) actually produced an A5 book that ran to about 40 pages of them. The fun was always seeing if the engineers actually knew what they...

    31 August 2026 um 21:52

  3. Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    No idea on the one you linked. Guess it depends on the type of book you want, just photographs or more detail. But I frequently reference Southern Steam Sunset by John H Bird and The Twight of Southern Steam by Don Benn for details about the end...

    31 August 2026 um 15:18

  4. Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema Swanage Autumn Steam Gala 11-13 September.

    I read it as Swanage to Norden for the double headed part.

    31 August 2026 um 10:14

  5. Gladiator 5076 gefällt 2857Harrys Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    Not necessarily. There is a cautious element to a lot of it, and particularly in hard hit areas. The SVR for example, best of luck with any PR excercise that tries to convince the residents of Stourbridge that a quicker than necessary to return...

    30 August 2026 um 10:28

  6. Gladiator 5076 gefällt Deepgreens Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    For once some rainfall actually intensified as it approached us in Surrey! 11mm from a thunderstorm-laden trough that has just passed. The lawn seemed to be whispering with joy! [ATTACH]

    1000056501.jpeg 28 August 2026 um 22:55

  7. Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema WCR Rail Tours.

    That will surely depend on when NR plan to review the situation and if that is not today it will probably not be at least until Tuesday.

    28 August 2026 um 14:16

  8. Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema Fire Risk.

    Likewise storms forecast this way last night. Friend in Lymington said his rain gauge shows only 0.3mm so still very localised. There was rain and thunder here in Swanage but I do not think it will make much difference.

    27 August 2026 um 11:32

  9. Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema Swanage Autumn Steam Gala 11-13 September.

    Good to have a full preview day, but somewhat annoying when you have three appointments that day only one of which you can probably move.

    27 August 2026 um 11:27
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