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  1. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    Like you Steve I know very little beyond what has been said on here. I thought the MHR involvement was in the time and money spent on the work done to date, rather than any ownership percentage of the loco, but happy to be proved wrong....

    Sep 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM

  2. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread SVR General Discussion.

    Although it took me to the LNWR website which did not recognise Bewdley, neither does the SWR booking site as a random selection.

    Sep 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM

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

    How many years ago was the tender last used Tom? Earliest digital image I seem to have of it is parked up at HK in 2009.

    Sep 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM

  4. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    If the ownership issues are unable to be sorted I guess it has no future. Not sure if there is a legal avenue for the railway to "evict it" or if they are even prohibited from doing that.

    Sep 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM

  5. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    NR's lack of control will be a prime factor, but these days are different from the BR. Delays now cost money either in true terms (such as delay repay or even things that the railway tries to ignore such as the NRCoT or passenger rights...

    Sep 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM

  6. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    I travelled up to Basingstoke a few years back which had a window covered in black and yellow tape. I assume this had been damaged by line side vegetation, for which the single line section between Dorchester South and Moreton always seems a...

    Sep 1, 2026 at 10:46 AM

  7. Gladiator 5076 liked twr12's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    Driving cabs have windows broken by overgrown vegetation quite frequently. When a side window in passenger space gets broken and possibly passengers are injured, ORR will just blame the operator for not managing the risk of passengers sitting in...

    Sep 1, 2026 at 10:43 AM

  8. Gladiator 5076 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    Although I get the point that a Merchant Navy is a very large loco for operating 5 coach trains, it remains the case that the cheapest loco to operate is the one you have available right now. In other words - 35005 may burn a lot of coal, but the...

    Aug 31, 2026 at 9:53 PM

  9. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    All industries have abbreviations, especially TLA's. In aviation Rockwell Collins (one of the big avionics OEM's) actually produced an A5 book that ran to about 40 pages of them. The fun was always seeing if the engineers actually knew what they...

    Aug 31, 2026 at 9:52 PM

  10. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    No idea on the one you linked. Guess it depends on the type of book you want, just photographs or more detail. But I frequently reference Southern Steam Sunset by John H Bird and The Twight of Southern Steam by Don Benn for details about the end...

    Aug 31, 2026 at 3:18 PM

  11. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Swanage Autumn Steam Gala 11-13 September.

    I read it as Swanage to Norden for the double headed part.

    Aug 31, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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