Gladiator 5076's Recent Activity
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Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It is but even if Northern were not there the only benefit would be more trains there during the day. The main flow will always be to the coast in the morning and back mid to late afternoon. Many other lines have a similar issue even if they do...
Apr 24, 2026 at 5:05 PM -
Gladiator 5076 liked ribble's post in the thread Great Britain XVIII: 18/4 -25/4/26.
45407 heads south on the West Highland line in Glen Douglas with the GB tour on 23/4/2026 David Price Cop Lane on Flickr [ATTACH]
Apr 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I also feel from our visits that most of the accommodation is at the Pickering end, and as apparently trains from their to Whitby are full presumably that reflects it. The railway will know how many tickets it sells from Whitby to Goathland, but...
Apr 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Mid-Hants Railway | Watercress Line | Spring Steam Gala 24th-26th April 2026.
Seemed to work very well at Swanage though it did have a helper a lot of the time.
Apr 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM -
Gladiator 5076 liked Daddsie71b's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
As the inspection saloon has no corridor connection, it is very much an entirety of it's own. Nice to have for exclusive use (see Celia on the Belmond Pullman) but part of the catering set up, one wonders on the additional logistics and staff to...
Apr 23, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Northern Belle 2026.
It made me think of the cartoon that sat on our office wall for so long "The floggings will continue until morale improves". In this case maybe "The CDL will not be released until the Trip Advisor posts improve":D Joking aside of course it is one...
Apr 23, 2026 at 3:23 PM -
Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Northern Belle 2026.
So would they sit in P6 at Preston (assuming RTT is correct and the loco swop is similar to a CME) and not let them off when it is there for 45 minutes, unless the plan is to do the meal service very late?
Apr 23, 2026 at 2:37 PM -
Gladiator 5076 liked jonathonag's post in the thread Great Britain XVIII: 18/4 -25/4/26.
A handful of shots from yesterday's leg over the West Highland Line. [img]Black 5 No. 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier' - Glen Falloch by Jonathon Gourlay, on Flickr [img]Black 5 No. 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier' - Tyndrum by Jonathon Gourlay,...
Apr 23, 2026 at 9:32 AM
