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Jamessquared odgovara u temi SVR General Discussion.
I'm curious about the comment that the class 20 was idling. If so, haven't you just added about 75 tons to the consist (the equivalent of two modern bogie carriages)? In that case, you'd have thought the steam loco would be working significantly...
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Jamessquared liked lostlogin's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
I would have thought that that was the logical thing to do. I find it almost unbelievable that the SVR did not send a quick apology in advance to those who had booked if that is what happened. The SVR had too much "invested" in not running FS...
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Jamessquared liked MikeParkin65's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
The clever thing to do would have been to have said something along the lines of ‘a lot has changed in the 60 wonderful years the SVR has been operating. As a responsible railway and respectful of our place in the local community we need to do...
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Jamessquared liked 35B's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
We each have choices to make in specific circumstances. There is a material difference between "published lists of locomotives" and an event sold specifically on the basis of a particular locomotive. God forbid it come to that, but I suspect a...
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Jamessquared liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
Google won't say anything directly, unless you're looking at its AI summary which still has a patchy record. Apart from that, Google just shows you other sources of information, with no garauntee of reliability. E.g. If I search that question now...
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Jamessquared liked 21B's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
@Jamessquared has the reasoning spot on. The paintwork needed some “repair” but a wholescale repaint was not on the cards as we wanted to get the loco back into service as soon as possible, partly because the railway needs it, and partly because...
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Jamessquared odgovara u temi SVR General Discussion.
The Cauldon Lowe Branch is steep but not the main part of the railway, AIUI (see the gradient thread). We have pretty sustained 1 in 75 and sections as steep as 1 in 55 on the Bluebell, and have continued to run steam all this year. But I guess...
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Jamessquared odgovara u temi Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Cost and time are obvious reasons for a loco that is mid ticket. If a loco is in for some intermediate repair, patching a black livery and swapping a tender logo is one thing that is fairly easy but gives a “reset” for visitors, photographers...
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Jamessquared liked UP13's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Had an absolutely fantastic time yesterday. Finally got to see Beachy Head and had a great time in the compartments of both the Mk1 and the Met carriage. Big shout out to whoever is in charge of the roster webpagw where you can click on the...
24. Srpanj 2025. u 09:27
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Jamessquared liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I know what I’d have been saying if I were the next guy ;)
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Jamessquared odgovara u temi SVR General Discussion.
Even if you have tokens, you could do such things with “staff and ticket” type arrangement. (i.e. the driver of the train is shown the token, and then collects a ticket that gives authority to proceed, “and the token will follow”). The issue then...
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