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Nick C's Recent Activity

  1. Nick C liked Duty Druid's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    After giving last weekend a miss, as some of us had business elsewhere, four like minded folk gathered atop the hill yesterday to carry on resurrecting the workshop PMV. Two lads spent the day derusting, red oxiding and undercoating as much of...

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  2. Nick C replied to the thread Spa Valley Railway - Latest News.

    From what I understand (not being an accountant!), 'Gross profit' is just income less the immediate cost of the things sold (so in a railway's case I guess coal/Diesel, stock for the catering, etc). 'Operating Profit' is then this less the...

    Sep 1, 2026

  3. Nick C liked Jonnie's post in the thread Spa Valley Railway - Latest News.

    Hello everyone, It has been a while since the last finance update, and the hot summer has impacted every heritage railway and tourist attraction that I have spoken to. So, how are we performing? So far this year, we have carried 21,717...

    Sep 1, 2026

  4. Nick C liked 21B's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    It was not a panic buy. It was bought because the railway required motive power. The loco was in ticket, but near the end of a mainline cert, and the price was attractive. It was always (in my view) an overly expensive locomotive to overhaul,...

    Sep 1, 2026
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