Gladiator 5076s letzte Aktivitäten
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Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema 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...
8 April 2026 um 16:51 -
Gladiator 5076 erstellte einen Anhang in dem Thema 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...
8 April 2026 um 15:20
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Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema 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.
8 April 2026 um 14:43 -
Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema 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...
8 April 2026 um 14:38 -
Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema 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
7 April 2026 um 22:30 -
Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema 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?
7 April 2026 um 22:27 -
Gladiator 5076 gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
7 April 2026 um 22:26 -
Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema 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...
7 April 2026 um 16:25 -
Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema 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...
6 April 2026 um 17:16 -
Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema 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...
6 April 2026 um 11:56 -
Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema 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.
5 April 2026 um 18:06 -
Gladiator 5076 antwortete auf das Thema Swanage Railway Diesel Gala 08 - 10 May 2026.
Is the preview day all diesel this year (as shown on the timetable page of the website) or as it has been historically before, one steam and diesel?
5 April 2026 um 16:26
