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Paul42 liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
The loop is required for 2028 to accomodate a third train set out on the line when the Sunday lunch Pullman train is in operation
Sep 18, 2026 at 10:22 PM -
Paul42 liked Sheff's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The more I read about the doom and gloom surrounding the NYMR, and by extension the future of some other heritage operations, the more I find it difficult to countenance in the light of the regular positive financial reports in the house magazine...
Sep 18, 2026 at 10:21 PM -
Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Right, so you want to build an Ilfracombe Goods - a dainty Victorian design which can trace its ancestry back to the 1860s - but with double the original boiler pressure and superheating now. While you are pimping your ride, have you thought of...
Sep 18, 2026 at 9:56 PM -
Paul42 liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I know. It’s actually very difficult to create change in a heritage railway. Boards are frequently (often rightly) reluctant to be brave because the line between brave and broken is very very fine. Changing paid employees is very challenging...
Sep 18, 2026 at 9:52 PM -
Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That's good advice. I've already heard of items being 'listed' that are not the railways property to sell.
Sep 18, 2026 at 9:52 PM -
Paul42 liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think many of us have been telling the NYMR this for years, but the message has fallen onto profoundly deaf ears!
Sep 18, 2026 at 9:52 PM -
Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
I guess that is covered by the "unless authorised by the ops manager" bit then! ;) There was a brief period (probably in the 1990s?) when a plastic material was used for roof coverings rather than traditional canvas. The experiment was stopped...
Sep 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM -
Paul42 liked Wagoniester's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Given how much it has cost to do restorations of locos such as 4110 and 4150 recently completed, I envisage a restoration of 80100 getting little-to-no change from £1million at the very least. In some ways, it does tell a story by showing how...
Sep 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM -
Paul42 liked John Petley's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
The bottom line is that the K&ESR is in an unusual position for a project which bought its first locos direct from BR. The Terriers are great and (as with the Bluebell and the IoWSR) still - and will - have their place on the railway, although...
Sep 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM -
Paul42 liked Autotank's post in the thread WSR Autumn Steam Gala: 25th - 27th September 2026.
Absolutely gutted to be missing this! I personally much prefer smaller engines on the WSR, so this event is right up my street. The return of 4110, this time in operational condition, will be a really great occasion. It really is a case of right...
Sep 17, 2026 at 12:21 PM -
Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Indeed. You get similar dynamics in the engineering side as well. Railway A may have its own workshop with paid staff; railway B contracts out overhauls while railway C just hires locos on the market and pays a daily running cost. In those...
Sep 17, 2026 at 12:20 PM -
Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
This chair seems to have fundamental importance. What would happen to the grand master plan if someone moved the chair overnight?
Sep 16, 2026 at 10:40 PM
