I think as much as anything it is the psychology; nudging £50 feels like a lot in a way that sub £30 doesn’t. Added to that is the change in...
Don't think this has been mentioned before. Two 1960s "vanwides" have moved to the Bluebell, having been purchased by the B350 group (owners of...
[IMG] Tom
In the case you cite (paid staff doing a role for a certain number of days, and then carrying on doing a substantively similar role for additional...
There should be a lot more by then, judging by what appeared to be out on Monday. Look for the huge herd of deer near Kingscote as well. This was...
I don't see an inherent problem with paid staff volunteering for the same organisation, whether that is in the same department or another. (And I...
It's hard I think to be prescriptive. For example, consider two railways. Railway A has a large workshop with paid staff and does most of its...
I guess the question is more “why paid?” My first visit to the NYMR was summer 1995. I seem to recall steam worked Grosmont - Goathland and...
There is a similar signal in the up direction at Kingscote, i.e. with two arms on one post. The reason there is I believe insufficient width to...
Coming back to @Steve's question - "Or perhaps rather than look on the gloomy side, which railways are doing relatively well?" - and also picking...
I think towards the end of its working life, 563 was used on local goods duties around Eastleigh, so not beyond the bounds of possibility to have...
We allow Fenchurch (with 13” cylinders) 85 tons up our line, which finishes with about 1/2 mile of 1 in 55 (after about seven miles of on and off...
I suspect the toys / pram de-interface scenario is probably more likely when a gala doesn't go according to plan, rather than an ordinary day....
.... Though not named as such in 1966! The name was given to the coach when it was in Bulmers Cider ownership, and after sale to the Bluebell,...
Yes, I tend to agree - but I guess if you are a small organisation with complex ticketing requirements (such as a heritage railway) you are to a...
Meant to add this when it got published but forgot. The latest issue of The Bluebell Times has an interesting KESR photo in the "on this day"...
The fee is added by the third party booking system. AIUI, it is a flat fee per transaction, so if you buy multiple tickets in a single booking,...
I believe the correct response to that is “**** off and die” ;) Tom
For the Easter weekend (Friday - Monday). locos and stock are as follows: A - 34059 (Five Mark 1s + LNWR Obo) B - 73082 (Victorian 4 wheelers +...
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