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  1. Bayard
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Anyone who has run a small company will know that a profit in the accounts just means a bill from the taxman, it doesn't equal money in the bank,...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏10 مارس 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  3. Bayard
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    Not really. In both cases you have paid for a train ride, probably quite a lot more if it is public transport, and so feel cheated if you end up...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏8 مارس 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  4. Bayard
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    "Rail replacement service". One of the most depressing ways you can put three words together in the English language.
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏8 مارس 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  5. Bayard
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    Anyone know of a wood-burning locomotive for hire?
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏6 مارس 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  6. Bayard
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    The thing is, that once you have committed to run a particular service and the timetable is printed, then the vast majority of the costs of...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏3 مارس 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  7. Bayard
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    There seems to be a common assumption that a trip on the WSR is a BL to MH return or vice versa and there is no alternative. Shorter (and...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏3 مارس 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  8. Bayard
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    If it does, then you have got it wrong somewhere. "What the market will bear" is just the same as "the maximum the market will bear", i.e. the...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏2 مارس 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  9. Bayard
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    "What the market will bear" is the absolute maximum income you can get. Anything different in the way of a pricing structure will generate less...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏2 مارس 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  10. Bayard
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    That, really, is the only way to do it, rather than comparing one line with another hundreds of miles away. That makes sure your fares are based...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏1 مارس 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  11. Bayard
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    I didn't say it was the same, I said it was comparable to. Of course there is a fixed element that does not depend on mileage, so that the...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏1 مارس 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  12. Bayard
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    No-one is compelled to travel the entire line. A longer line can always offer the option of only travelling on part of it for those who wish to...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏1 مارس 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  13. Bayard
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    No line should base its charges on its costs. The fares should be set at a level that maximises revenue, the costs should be kept as low as...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏28 فبراير 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  14. Bayard
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    You can't please some people any of the time.
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏28 فبراير 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  15. Bayard
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    He was only trying to be helpful. It's customers like you who put people off doing jobs that involve dealing with the public for life.
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏27 فبراير 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  16. Bayard
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    As a member of the WSRA, I look forward to our loco handling seven and eight coach trains throughout the peak season. There I was, thinking it...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏26 فبراير 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  17. Bayard
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    I think you need to read what @Jamessquared said about water capacity and @Maunsell907 said about boiler power. In any case I wasn't impugning...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏26 فبراير 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  18. Bayard
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    If only there were still watering facilities at Williton.
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏25 فبراير 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  19. Bayard
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    Ah, apologies, I had the wrong "too heavy" loco, I meant 9466, however, @ruddingtonrsh56 has made that point for me.
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏25 فبراير 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    What puzzles me is that 6960's tractive effort is little more than that of 4561, which has long been considered "too small" for high season duties...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏25 فبراير 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    I was assuming those would go as a matter of course. The sensible thing for the S&DRHT is to either dismantle the buildings, move them to another...
    المشاركة بواسطة: Bayard, ‏18 فبراير 2022 في منتدى: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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