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21B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread).
I think you are dancing on a pinhead here. Cook (who was there, unlike both you and Nock!) says: Then Collett decided that it would be better to do any further conversions on relatively newer engines in which naturally the framing would be in...
Dec 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM -
21B liked S.A.C. Martin's post in the thread Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread).
I just want to clear up something: I passed my “upgrade” not my “Viva” - it is still “Mr” and not “Doc” Martin, I am afraid, but I am in final write up! Mr, and no, but you are really taking issue with something that shouldn’t be so big a...
Dec 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM -
21B liked 35B's post in the thread Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread).
And in a happy juxtaposition of operational need and accounting practice, it was possible to frame this as a “repair” rather than a new investment. Or, in other words, just the same sleight of hand and exercise in judgment that businesses the...
Dec 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM -
21B liked Stinch's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
A CP kind of night tonight :)
Dec 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM -
21B replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Pro Probably not in 2026. It cannot leave the railway for the first two years of its ticket.
Dec 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM -
21B replied to the thread Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread).
I completely agree. There is a tendency to romanticise railways to the point where it is forgotten that they were businesses. Ones which in the case of the GWR were accustomed to paying a dividend
Dec 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
