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26D_Ms letzte Aktivitäten

  1. 26D_M gefällt 2857Harrys Beitrag in dem Thema SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    Is it? Economically something like 2857 comes in very much the same as something like 1501 or 7714 really. Perhaps a little more costly on coal to get going in a morning, but really it’s so economical hauling 300 tons of coaches round the...

    12 Juni 2025 um 22:50
  2. 26D_M gefällt MellishRs Beitrag in dem Thema Jacobite 2025.

    What they appear (from the outside) to be doing is burying their collective heads in the sand, waiting for a U-turn from ORR. That position is evidently doing some harm to the Jacobite's reputation. How long they can maintain it is uncertain.

    12 Juni 2025 um 13:01
  3. 26D_M gefällt jsm8bs Beitrag in dem Thema Saphos 2025.

    Frodsham Viaduct in the cool of the morning; in sun despite the clouds having malicious intent. [ATTACH]

    _25Z2536 60007 Frodsham Viaduct 110625.jpg 11 Juni 2025 um 14:58
  4. 26D_M gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    It's an interesting thought, though an obvious immediate concern is that you might then have an awkward PR situation on your hands if a steam loco failed and you had to substitute a diesel at short notice, after many people had paid the premium...

    10 Juni 2025 um 22:54
  5. 26D_M gefällt 45698Marss Beitrag in dem Thema Northern Belle 2025.

    Maybe 45212 will ride to the rescue then.

    10 Juni 2025 um 19:18
  6. 26D_M gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    But as you carry fewer and fewer people, you end up spreading your fixed costs onto a smaller and smaller number of shoulders. The reductio ad absurdum of your approach might be to find a single person willing to pay £8m for a single return...

    9 Juni 2025 um 15:28