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Spitfire liked osprey's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
What a load of tosh... you've obviously never run a business...your claims about the Jacobite says it all ..BINGO.....my theory... I haven't one, what Mr Smith does with his money, his business, it's his perogative.... obviously you...
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Spitfire liked Lineisclear's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Not at all and very much for the reasons you highlight. However, I don't view the issue through rose tinted spectacles. As Tom has suggested membership should be a developing relationship with growing levels of financial support. If it's a...
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Spitfire liked 35B's post in the thread Fire Risk.
I'm certain that's true. But that doesn't necessarily mean that because "something must be done", and this is "something", that this "something" will achieve a positive result
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Spitfire liked Lineisclear's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Spot on Tom. It had been hoped to bring the AGM date forward to August instead of its traditional Autumn date. Unfortunately that’s proved to be over optimistic. No need for conspiracy theories. The truth is mundane. Steve’s summary of the AGM...
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Spitfire liked Jamessquared's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
To me it looks like a pragmatic decision faced with difficult choices. I suspect firstly that, mid week, there is a fair amount of coach traffic. So if you have (say) two coaches for your morning train and two for the afternoon, then agreeing...
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Spitfire liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
Not sure they were an outlier MHR, Swanage, WSR were all running steam at the time as well as the IOWSR.
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Spitfire liked lostlogin's post in the thread Fire Risk.
Even replacing by diesel may not be straight forward as volunteers often book long in advance and those volunteers may only be passed for steam and not diesel. With the steam ban operating departments are at short notice having to find crews...
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Spitfire liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Fire Risk.
That would be the special homeopathic water … Tom
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Spitfire liked LMS2968's post in the thread Fire Risk.
The justification is mentioned elsewhere in this forum: the drop-off in passenger numbers when diesel replaces steam. Whatever the issues, unless the passengers turn up and buy their tickets, you're running your diesels at a loss, which cannot go...
8. Kolovoz 2026. u 18:20
