Gladiator 5076's Recent Activity
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Gladiator 5076 liked 2857Harry's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
“We have reached an agreement with the ORR” - What more does it need? Do you want chapter and verse or something? As ever the cheerful side of you looks down on this with the great taste of MK1s making a welcome return :eek::eek:
Apr 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
From a Vintage email sent to a passenger & posted on wnxx "We have been giving some considerable thought to the operation of this train in the current economic climate of rapidly rising costs and available disposable income for would be...
Apr 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM -
Gladiator 5076 attached a file to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
The Eddystone move to 81C with its and the WCRC support coach was scheduled to clash with out weekly Tesco delivery. So I did walk up to Northbrook Road Bridge at 08:15. However Tesco driver was early at 09:50 and even allowing for having to take...
Apr 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Saphos: Blue Peter to Carlisle - 12/02/26; Sir Nigel Gresley - 11/03/26; Britannia - 8/04/26.
Compares well with an anytime return at £297.00. And yes I realise you could risk advances, not something I would do for a railtour though.
Apr 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Although in fairness I was stewarding a DCE, where when we arrived at Basingstoke NR suddenly said a bridge just East of Wool was not able to stand the weight No 9 crossing it. A fine time to decide, especially as the same loco had gone over...
Apr 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
Timings mirror most Saphos trips don't they? But take you point about 1 day vs 2, although that might be based on feedback
Apr 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You are right in the real world of course. But can you think of the vitriol that would have been on here if they had actually done that?
Apr 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM -
Gladiator 5076 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I have no expectation of a project like this going perfectly to plan. On the contrary, my low expectations mean that I regard the setting of hard deadlines as amplifying the risk to the railway, and undermining the railway's credibility as dates...
Apr 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I do find it mildly amusing that people seem to expect a Heritage Line (albeit one of the largest) to deliver a project in accordance with the first plan when our national infrastructure company are unable to do so with boring regularity. Of...
Apr 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread The 10A Allocation.
Is that not how most football clubs are run, but that is a digression. There may be a "community interest" and where donations, memberships etc are asked for a valid input ergo say the NYMR debate. But when looking at LSL and WCRC, whom to my...
Apr 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread The 10A Allocation.
All sounds fine in principal but where would you get the stock and the crews from? Do not see LSL being interested, Vintage (why not run it yourself) DBC focus on Belmond. The bar to entry is very high. UKR of course are mainly diesel tours where...
Apr 6, 2026 at 11:56 AM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Swanage Railway Diesel Gala 08 - 10 May 2026.
Thanks, the railways timetables (on line and on stations) seem to be suffering some inaccuracies at the moment.
Apr 5, 2026 at 6:06 PM
