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West Somerset Railway General Discussion

Dieses Thema im Forum 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' wurde von gwr4090 gestartet, 15 November 2007.

  1. DragonHandler

    DragonHandler Well-Known Member

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    He got quite excited about that piece of glass didn't he.
     
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    D6575 on 1015 Minehead this morning.
     
  3. 6026 King John

    6026 King John Well-Known Member

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    …..and today one of the 33s seems to be covering the Minehead diagram. Is 6046 expected back in service soon?
     
  4. Robin Moira White

    Robin Moira White Resident of Nat Pres

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    Word on the street is that there are injector issues to solve before it can see use.

    Robin
     
  5. Colin Allcars

    Colin Allcars Member

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    I thought these problems had been sorted out.
     
  6. Robin Moira White

    Robin Moira White Resident of Nat Pres

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    It didn’t run past Station House, Stogumber today.

    Robin
     
  7. Colin Allcars

    Colin Allcars Member

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    Ahh. If it refuses to run last Stogumber, perhaps all it needs is a supply of Roddas Cream.
     
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    paulhitch gefällt dies.
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    Can't understand all this twaddle about antiques. All I watched was a huge group of twitchers undertaking their hobby and doing a spot the robin competition, One guy reported seeing 7 and he was not a part of Ops
    .
     
  10. dunghill1

    dunghill1 New Member

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    Is this a competition to see who can spot Robin the most, because if so I am not doing very well having only spotted her four times. I have heard a rumour that if you cant spot her more than five times, a visit to specsavers is the punishment.
     
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  11. Greenway

    Greenway Part of the furniture

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    Often called posing. Quite common on heritage lines it seems, so the WSR is not unique in this. :D
     
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    30854 Resident of Nat Pres

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    I'm led to believe current parlance favoures the phrase "photo-bombing" :cool:
     
  13. dunghill1

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    My sincere apologies Robin. My excuse is that at 89 years old you can easily make mistakes.
    Its a very long time since we have met as its twenty six years ago since I retired from the WSR and although I do not see the WSR very much nowadays, I look up this site and Stephen Edges every day to see whats happening on the WSR.
    Regards
    Doug
     
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  14. Robin Moira White

    Robin Moira White Resident of Nat Pres

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    No offence taken, Doug, I still get it wrong myself on occasion. You could just edit the original post?

    Robin
     
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  15. Robin Moira White

    Robin Moira White Resident of Nat Pres

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    We are none of us immune....checkout the signalman.

    Robin

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    1020 Shireman Part of the furniture Friend

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    Is a Black 5 coming down to the WSR this week for possible use on the Royal Duchy on Sunday?
     
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    Wenlock Well-Known Member Friend

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    Yes, well, young man does work at Ashford. And has been known to "flail" on diesel hauled specials I believe.
     
  18. Occasional

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    Looking at the last 2 pages I am reminded of the Bonzo Dog Band:- "Look at me, I'm wondererful"
     
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    Same again today.
     
  20. Captain Fantastic

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    Sorry but is that the 1015 from Minehead or too Minehead
     

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