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Gladiator 5076 liked Rumpole's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.

Where's the joke? By the time transport to a contractor, labour costs for dismantling and review of the frames, boiler and tender, other specialist assessments and actually producing a report suitable for a public sector body in the case of the...

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

And taking a very slow journey to Norden this evening, seen here at Bridge 21. Of course the sun appeared as I was walking back to the car.[ATTACH]

Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.

Gladiator 5076 liked jonathonag's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.

When was the last time steam faced out of Kyle of Lochalsh? 1st October 2000? [img]Black 5 No. 44871 - Erbusaig by Jonathon Gourlay, on Flickr [img]Black 5 No. 44871 - Loch a' Chuillin by Jonathon Gourlay, on Flickr And Gleneagles the...

Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread A2 60532 Blue Peter.

I am not attending so little interest to me either way, but I have found all the "grief" expressed by folks over this gala compared to others either here previous years, or elsewhere strange. I can understand the which way will the locos face,...

Gladiator 5076 liked Sidmouth's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.

I had the pleasure of 45305 Kyle to Inverness on an earlier GB thanks to the kindness of Nigel Dobbing and James Shuttleworth . It was tender first but even then the soundtrack was spine tingling . When WC are good they can be really good and...

Gladiator 5076 liked 16Ventnor's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.

This afternoon’s climb from Strathcarron to Luib summit near Achnasheen was absolutely wonderful listening from the first coach behind the support. With ‘continuous’ jointed track it transported me back many decades. Although I had serious...

Gladiator 5076 liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread Jacobite 2024.

Yes that was rather the point I was making i.e. it's not the loco owner's responsibility in either situation, private railway or mainline, but whoever holds the safety case. A bit of a treck to come all the way from Crewe on the day for an FTR...

Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Jacobite 2024.

Whilst I would not disagree with some of the rolling stock issues, I saw and have had to placate passengers enough times over some of them, people do talk as if WCRC are the only company who ever send out stock with defaults, be it within the...

Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Jacobite 2024.

To be honest I see no particular extreme behaviour exhibited by either organisation when compared to many companies I dealt with that were led (dominated?) by a singularly minded individual who often owned all or most of that company.

Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2024.

Testing those newly fitted air pumps?:Gagmewithaspoon::Saywhat: