Paul42s letzte Aktivitäten
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Paul42 gefällt Gladiator 5076s Beitrag in dem Thema Flying Scotsman Main Line Railtours Autumn 2026.
I would suggest if you held the tour at a station you would not be unlocking the doors, in case you can suddenly get to leave, so little difference to me. Lat thing you want to be doing is trying to "round up" a train load of pax.
19 September 2026 um 13:57 -
Paul42 gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
It pops up as an idea from time to time, but cost, opportunity cost and other considerations get in the way. The most plausible place for a turntable would be to put it on the up (west) side of Horsted Keynes, at the north end of the sidings...
19 September 2026 um 12:57 -
Paul42 gefällt The Gricing Owls Beitrag in dem Thema Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
I never got my photo of 80151 on the correct side of the double track section heading into HK on the Maunsell set on an afternoon train from EG. To match a 1962 photo I took of a BR Std 4 2-6-4t approaching Hurst Green Junction on a rake of...
19 September 2026 um 12:56 -
Paul42 gefällt Pete Thornhills Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Ironically, this is another classic example of a post that tells us someone is listening to stories but doesn’t give any insight whatsoever. From my reading this is one of the main issues - a lack of transparency. It’s really not hard to see...
19 September 2026 um 12:44 -
Paul42 gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
John, what volunteers (and others) want is the truth and not just spin. I quoted two instances in the Thomas event and Br 42. Simply saying Thomas covered it’s costs is being economical with the truth. By how much did it cover its costs. 50p or...
19 September 2026 um 12:44 -
Paul42 gefällt mikehartuks Beitrag in dem Thema 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
18 September 2026 um 22:22 -
Paul42 gefällt Sheffs Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
18 September 2026 um 22:21 -
Paul42 gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
18 September 2026 um 21:56 -
Paul42 gefällt 21Bs Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
18 September 2026 um 21:52 -
Paul42 gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema 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.
18 September 2026 um 21:52 -
Paul42 gefällt 60044s Beitrag in dem Thema 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!
18 September 2026 um 21:52 -
Paul42 gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
18 September 2026 um 21:40 -
Paul42 gefällt Wagoniesters Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
17 September 2026 um 12:23 -
Paul42 gefällt John Petleys Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
17 September 2026 um 12:22
