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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...
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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...
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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...
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21B liked Stinch's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
A CP kind of night tonight :)
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21B odgovara u temi Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Pro Probably not in 2026. It cannot leave the railway for the first two years of its ticket.
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21B odgovara u temi 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
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