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Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
33025 leaves tomorrow by the look of it. I sort of assumed it would go back to 81C on the Swanage Belle on Wednesday. Maybe that would make the train too long at Victoria. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:R45408/2026-05-15/detailed
May 14, 2026 at 10:46 AM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread GWSR | Cotswold Festival of Steam Gala | 23-25 May 2026.
That would likely stop me as well had I been planning to attend. I know half a mile does not sound much but for some of us it just becomes too far if up a slope/hill.
May 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I fully get your points but to me £1000 a day for the bridge appeal seems pretty good for something that has been running a while. Trouble with appeals for large amounts of money is that the target either looks too far off or people get appeal...
May 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread SVR General Discussion.
And of course people were coming to a railway that had no regular train service from Wareham at that time. The 3 or 4 trips I did to Wareham or Poole the year it went there for some reason had about 10 of us on each trip. Tickets were sold by the...
May 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread SVR General Discussion.
I will let someone in the know from the railway answer that but once a week for a few weeks in the summer on a unit that I understood would have just sat in Jersey Sidings all day does not even pass @acorb couple of services a day on high days...
May 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM -
Gladiator 5076 liked 2857Harry's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
I just honeslty see the whole idea as a total non starter. The general consensus even if it was to happen seems to be high days and holidays when the SVR runs its busiest traffic and when the charter path is often taken up. That charter path...
May 12, 2026 at 5:59 PM -
Gladiator 5076 liked jonathonag's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
I also think a few things need to be set out here. I don't believe anybody here has said it outright cannot happen. Like any proposal, the overall idea likely can be achieved. In fact, there is a scenario of mainline TOC operating a service...
May 12, 2026 at 5:59 PM -
Gladiator 5076 attached a file to the thread Swanage Railway Diesel Gala 08 - 10 May 2026.
I did not get out much for the gala as I did not feel great over the weekend and the little I did has taken me until today to recover. So just a few images from Friday and Saturday that involved little walking, but does include a rare image of...
May 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
