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Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Flying Scotsman Main Line Railtours Autumn 2026.
Having stewarded a few FS tours over the years it seems far harder to keep control than on a lot of regular railtours, I suspect due to a far higher percentage of folks that never normally use the train at all and railtour "rookies". From posts...
Sep 22, 2026 at 10:36 PM -
Gladiator 5076 attached a file to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Rumours of a secret programme by the railway to construct a new build Bulleid Leader appeared to be confirmed today. [ATTACH] Or maybe it was just this. [ATTACH] I had intended to photograph it somewhere more suitable on such a nice day, but my...
Sep 22, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
And ownership is very difficult to track sometimes. As I mentioned on a different thread sometime back one Friday we managed to sell a B747 we no longer owned (having already sold it) to a Japanese Bank and nobody noticed until the engineer went...
Sep 21, 2026 at 5:11 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Well AFAIK the NVR and WSR have had recent appeals for operating costs. Many railways it seems have goner down a path of disposing of some assets, either by sale or scrap. Something I seem to remember you also find unacceptable. Various lines...
Sep 21, 2026 at 2:38 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Flying Scotsman Main Line Railtours Autumn 2026.
I would suggest if you held the tour at a station you would not be unlocking the doors, in case you can suddenly get to leave, so little difference to me. Lat thing you want to be doing is trying to "round up" a train load of pax.
Sep 19, 2026 at 12:59 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Flying Scotsman Main Line Railtours Autumn 2026.
Well assuming you could rely on GWR actually running their services. they could have gone to London for the afternoon
Sep 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM -
Gladiator 5076 liked jsm8b's post in the thread Railways and People.
Where next ? [ATTACH]
Sep 18, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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Gladiator 5076 liked 46223's post in the thread Railways and People.
A reunion on the East Lancashire Railway of regular 'gricers' from British Rail's last steam hauled named train 'The Belfast Boat Express' which was 'Black 5' hauled until May 1968. Shame the ELR hadn't a 'Black 5' for us but such is life....
Sep 17, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
They were certainly not running to the regular D Ex timings Monday, where there was a slightly altered timetable for the day anyway. I saw it cross at Corfe coming back once, but other runs seem to be after the service train. I had to drop the...
Sep 16, 2026 -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Any role has to pay what the market commands if you want anybody decent. Titles mean little, I had manager in my title for about 18 years, the last 12 of them I had no staff at all reporting to me. The only way we could even get external folks to...
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Gladiator 5076 attached a file to the thread RTC Swanage Belle 2026.
Some images of today's Swanage Belle after its 6 hour(!) journey from Victoria.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sep 16, 2026
