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  1. 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...

    Aug 12, 2026 at 9:40 PM

  2. 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.

    Aug 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM

  3. 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...

    Aug 11, 2026 at 6:38 PM

  4. Spitfire liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    That would be the special homeopathic water … Tom

    Aug 11, 2026 at 6:36 PM

  5. 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...

    Aug 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM

  6. Spitfire replied to the thread SVR General Discussion.

    Consistently about 40% drop at NNR when diesels sub for steam during high fire risk spells.

    Aug 6, 2026
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