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Gladiator 5076's Recent Activity

  1. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.

    I assumed it would be Andy, but I knew my wife had to go out for a while and it is a pain having to lock all the patio doors & windows in this heat so could not really wait around. Only realised the DH's were happening late on Thursday.

    Aug 15, 2026 at 4:51 PM

  2. Gladiator 5076 attached a file to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.

    How many weeks before we get to see this again I wonder? Manston departing Herston Halt, with a healthy shove from the 33 on the back of course on the last up train yesterday evening. Impressed by how many got off to walk back to the campsite....

    DSC_0540r.JPG Aug 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM

  3. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.

    Thank you.

    Aug 15, 2026 at 2:36 PM

  4. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    My wife got the message (I have a dumb phone) but did not see it until around 22:30 as there was no alarm when hers came through.

    Aug 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM

  5. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    Looking at the other fire risk thread a number of other lines seem to be adopting the station limits idea.

    Aug 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM

  6. Gladiator 5076 liked torgormaig's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.

    Well while much of the UK sweltered on the hottest day of the current heatwave here is Thursday afternoons Jacobite standing in a very wet Arisaig - no steam ban here:). At 21-22 degrees it was about 15 degrees cooler than some of the hottest...

    20260813_143135 copy.jpg Aug 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM

  7. Gladiator 5076 liked CH 19's post in the thread Isle of Wight Steam Railway.

    Off piste a bit ,but this reminds me of a curious incident in the late 80's when I was deck-crew on the Sealink (as was) Fishbourne to Pompey run. Now at that time we had 4 vessels of the same design, all sister ships to the still running St...

    Aug 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM

  8. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    There were lots of NP members last summer suggesting that it should be a 7 day operation, not reduced to 5 days I do not have time now to trawl back thought thousands of posts to locate them. Although I accept now it is more about the 5 days...

    Aug 14, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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