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Gladiator 5076's Recent Activity

  1. Gladiator 5076 liked Johnb's post in the thread 76079.

    To follow on from This is the pair shortly after leaving Ardlui heading home. The water in the background is the top end of Loch Lomond for those who don’t know the area [ATTACH]

    IMG_0089.jpeg Jun 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM

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

    If it has become the menu, maybe that is because that is what the clientele want. If Whitby generates full trains it becomes hard to see how those people would willingly switch to Pickering-Grosmont, as I doubt the delights of Grosmont compare...

    Jun 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM

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

    It depends on what you think the pull factor is of Tornado wherever it goes as it is no longer unique as a new build and its general media publicity is no longer there. It is an event, which everybody keeps banging on about how the Moors needs...

    Jun 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM

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

    So do I understand you want the franchisee to convince the ORR to become an OAO to Middlesborough, or have I misunderstood. Not sure current Northern users would like NYMR type fares or the franchisee the government fares.

    Jun 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM

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

    Whilst the franchise idea is an interesting concept of debating point I suspect it would come with a bundle of subsidiary issues to drive cost/reduce the price to the franchiser. So a third party is likely to want guaranteed paths, so the NYMR...

    Jun 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM

  6. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Northern Belle 2026.

    Well all Avant Scottish trains are diverted via Manchester and Stockport so I guess the engineering closures are not a figment of imagination. Regarding the £30, lots of complaints a while back about such things not being clear, now we are...

    Jun 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM

  7. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread Northern Belle 2026.

    All week it has said email for information on the list of tours page and I suspect the participants will have been told sometime back.

    Jun 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM

  8. Gladiator 5076 replied to the thread V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.

    But that was paid for by a wealthy collector, NRM locos are basically public money. If I wanted to spend £5M restoring something, if I had the money, nothing to do with anybody but me.

    Jun 5, 2026 at 10:32 AM

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

    Thanks for that Steve and I can see some logic. However I understood it applies to CDL fitted stock on tours as well.

    Jun 5, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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