Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

They'd make an interesting garden seat, with a cushion of some kind. Even a bit of suspension for your heavier guests…

 

That is a bullet that must be bitten. Once you run through your stock of cast-offs (assuming that they are the correct model) you have a red-card wagon (or wagons). Then what?
Pat

 

What’s the going rate for a second hand on these days. There must be a fair few unwanted buffers around different preserved railways.

 

As a general point if anyone wants some nice working oleos and has some GWR buffers spare we'd be very interested in doing swapsies

 

WCRC used to base 34067 at Southall for a season didn't they? Although that appears to now be earmarked as the Northern Belle engine. Haven't seen much of 35018 recently - am I imagining that?
Having two southern-based SR locos in the U-Boat and 34007 will be good - hopefully we'll see them work together.

 

Well, considering that certain event of the spring variation is not too far round the corner, I wonder if, like your gala, they are going to have three different timetables for three different days.

If they are looking for a big pleaser to carry out such intensive duties, there is a certain Scottish 0-6-0 that will be in the South East for a while, opportunity knocks! (Should it be allowed to visit).

 

Wasn't some land acquired years ago at Alton to allow a carriage shed to be built alongside the runround loop? Could space be made in the hidden area of the Alresford cutting to accommodate the ex-Washford building?

 

Short answer - No.
Alton Station is held on a lease from NR. The only 'sideways' expansion was when we laid in the carriage siding next to the loop. Earthworks were unchanged.
Pat

 

Maybe with the Washford now apparently sorted there will be a home for the former buildings at the MHR?

 

That’s what the discussion is about: the question isn’t the buildings, but the physical space to put them on.

Tom

 

How about next to the goods shed at Alresford, if theres enough room, to fit in a building there, as part of the museum building, and a lean to structure at Ropley beyond the bridge, to store the vintage coaches under cover, if dug in to the bank with blocks, the shed would only need to cover three sides, it would provide some covered accommodation ?

 

Do you mean in the carpark Martin, or over the short siding that I believe is intended to house a couple of the S&D vehicles.
Neither work really do they.

I think Ropley is already dug out to the boundary now.

Butts has the concerns over security.

 

No, Butts is an possibility, except that its too remote, to be secure, and what possible use would it be, unless the plan is to have a small halt to serve it, and have a shuttle using the Meon siding The only workable option i can think of is to have an extension onto the goods building at Alresford with an canopy covering the platform extension, so its under cover, to act as the museum building, and to rework the rest of the shed into a one road shed, and block the land side with blocks, and build a single road storage shed over the first siding, so that way there is some covered accommodation.

 

Following posts last night, I opened Google Earth. Result .... I agree with the above. You'd be looking at an impractical location, too remote from the operating railway for convenient operation and needing even more expensive security measures.

 

Great to see the first of this years YouTube videos has been released. This video has an update on what’s happening at Ropley plus an interview with Mark from the Urie group.

 

I viewed it earlier, I’ve no connections to the Mid Hants, but I really enjoy the content Will and the team put up, it’s very enjoyable.
Other railways could really do with taking note.