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Rasprava u 'What's Going On' pokrenuta od JBTEvans, 30. Listopad 2020..

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  1. 5944

    5944 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Handy location for servicing on Carlisle trips, but like you say, not much use for anything else. Or it could just be a storage location for the amount of stock they own? Crewe is packed, so having a secure shed elsewhere might be useful for stock that isn't used that often, or is awaiting overhaul. Easier to have your own base rather than hiring siding space at Kidderminster, Eastleigh, etc.
     
    5944, 29. Travanj 2022.
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  2. DismalChips

    DismalChips Member

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    Well, if you're running a regular service over the Settle and Carlisle it makes sense to have a base at one end of it. Might it be a staging post for operations in Scotland - wasn't there a rumour that LSL were looking at the recently-closed depot it Scotland, the name of which escapes me.
     
    DismalChips, 30. Travanj 2022.
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  3. Matt37401

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    St Rollox
    Edited after a late arrival home, not St Rollox, I meant Springburn.
     
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    Matt37401, 30. Travanj 2022.
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    26D_M se sviđa ovo.
  4. Sam 60103

    Sam 60103 Member

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    Definitely Springburn. Hope this could be resurrected as it could mean more steam in Scotland outwith the Jacobite. Would increase the chances of both SNG and Bittern as well as Blue Peter appearing at their old depot of Ferryhill.
     
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    A dream to hold on to !
     
    jsm8b, 1. Svibanj 2022.
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    Mike Wylie New Member

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    Don't worry about that.
     
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  7. neildimmer

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    is there any clue as to what will be on Wednesdays tour to Scarborough please

    Neil
     
    neildimmer, 10. Svibanj 2022.
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    46100 quoted
     
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  9. GWR4707

    GWR4707 Nat Pres stalwart

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    I'll tell you what you have to admire their marketing budget, we seem to be getting a leaflet through the door just about every other day about their various trains.
     
    GWR4707, 10. Svibanj 2022.
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  10. neildimmer

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    Thanks
     
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    Indeed, their marketing is very slick. They seem to post out flyers in the post to each local area that a train picks up at. Ones to advertise specific trips, plus ones that list all forthcoming trips from your local station for the rest of the season. I have even seem their flyers in the "local events" leaflet racks of my local supermarket. I have had people at work who aren't interested in trains at all ask me if I am going on such and such a trip with Saphos or Statesman, as they have had a leaflet about it. Of course, nine times out of ten the answer is yes!
     
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  12. mike1522

    mike1522 Long Time Member Friend

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    Over the past 2 summers it was 46100 and 70000(2020) and 45231 and 46100(last year) going south.

    Think that 34046 and 70000 would be a good combination this year. Just speculation.
     
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    5944, 28. Svibanj 2022.
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  17. LMarsh1987

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    "The Royal Charter" is not a good choice of name. A ship of that name sailed from Australia and had got most of the way to Liverpool when it was caught in a storm off Anglesea with great loss of life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Charter_(ship)
     
    MellishR, 29. Svibanj 2022.
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  19. 5944

    5944 Resident of Nat Pres

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    I would've thought there'd be diesel on the back for the air cons.
     
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  20. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    A general thought. There can't be much more of a signal to pure steam dinosaurs that with a set-up as rich as Saphos/LSL where they could afford to run with just a set of Mark 1s, the (public?) need for air con coffins requires a diesel to be in the mix.

    It's the stark reality of meeting the public's needs, it seems.
     
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