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Gladiator 5076 liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
As I got to know Salmon who ran the Witput hotel I always got room 5. It had a bath and a door that opened directly to the outside that was a few paces to the track side. And as steam operations reduced, Peter Odell, a De Aar driver until that...
Feb 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
I understand there was a power failure on the DMU which meant it needed power from elsewhere. T & T because wit the Rail 200 train in the down platform at Corfe nowhere to run round. Not that you would want to be doing that on what was only a 2...
Feb 20, 2026 at 11:34 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
11-14 June is grey on the version I downloaded from the link. Grey is the Diesel Gala according to the colour chart, and I guess Gold (or almost invisible) for the steam gala.
Feb 20, 2026 at 1:54 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That is what the D and d definitions would suggest. It then works the 15:20 from Pickering back to Grosmont as diesel.
Feb 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM -
Gladiator 5076 attached a file to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
A little late,[ATTACH] but perhaps one of the more unusual consists I have seen at Swanage.
Feb 20, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I agree with your Red/Orange view but disagree (as I often do with my wife) as the Blue one to me is more Blue than Green although in my view Turquoise. Hence the issue around using colours:).
Feb 20, 2026 at 11:11 AM
