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21Bs letzte Aktivitäten

  1. 21B gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 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...

    29 Dezember 2025 um 19:28

  2. 21B gefällt S.A.C. Martins Beitrag in dem Thema 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...

    29 Dezember 2025 um 19:27

  3. 21B gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema 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...

    29 Dezember 2025 um 19:27

  4. 21B gefällt Stinchs Beitrag in dem Thema Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    A CP kind of night tonight :)

    27 Dezember 2025 um 19:03

  5. 21B antwortete auf das Thema Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    Pro Probably not in 2026. It cannot leave the railway for the first two years of its ticket.

    26 Dezember 2025 um 23:32

  6. 21B antwortete auf das Thema 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

    26 Dezember 2025 um 23:14
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