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SVR General Discussion

Discuție în 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' creată de threelinkdave, 20 Aug 2014.

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  1. Sidmouth

    Sidmouth Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Moderator

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    Having just joined the ranks at Arley by accident you will be pleased to know that Alan , Cath and the many longstanding volunteers are an absolute joy

    yesterdays cup of tea conversation went as follows

    George how is the deer shooting going ?

    Not seen many recently

    we've had a lot of Chinooks mind

    You've been shooting chinooks !!!!
     
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    Sidmouth, 25 Iul 2022
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    cg, 3ABescot și Matt37401 apreciază asta.
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    D1002 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Certainly looks like the floor could do with some TLC…
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  3. Robin

    Robin Well-Known Member Friend

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    The appeal reached £9,430 (78% of the £12k target). Hopefully the Trust can find the remaining £2,570 rather than returning 65 donations.
     
    Robin, 1 Aug 2022
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    lil Bear și acorb apreciază asta.
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    A1X Well-Known Member

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    Anyone know when we might hear about anything happening at the Autumn Steam Gala? The website doesn't seem to have a page up yet and not seen any mention of it anywhere for a gala 6 weeks or so away
     
    A1X, 1 Aug 2022
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  5. Kje7812

    Kje7812 Part of the furniture

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    I gather the brochure is being worked on at the moment. Hopefully something will appear shortly.
     
    Kje7812, 1 Aug 2022
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    WesternRegionHampshireman Well-Known Member

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    I just hope it's not going to be one of those home fleet only events, it will be an almighty shame since the Severn Valley hold such outstanding events!
     
    WesternRegionHampshireman, 2 Aug 2022
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  7. Pete Thornhill

    Pete Thornhill Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Administrator Moderator Friend

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    I’m sure it won’t
     
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    Kje7812 Part of the furniture

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    I heard guests are still being negotiated.
    It would be bad form to announce guests before you've sorted the contract out.
     
    Kje7812, 3 Aug 2022
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  9. Pete Thornhill

    Pete Thornhill Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Administrator Moderator Friend

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    Indeed, my point was expect something ;)
     
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  10. Sidmouth

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    Have you tried to secure visiting locomotives for a gala, not exactly a surplus of available engines ? transport costs have gone up considerably so four visitors £40000 transport costs , Steam lots of loco's 3-4 days , coal costs £450 ton . There is an accountant having panic attacks . Not just for the SVR but for any railway
     
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  11. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    So true and then there is the challenge of trying to keep the ticket price to under £50.
     
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    green five și 3ABescot apreciază asta.
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    plus the fact that everyones money is being squeezed by inflation . Petrol and Diesel have come down a but it looks like Gas and Electric going up this autumn . People will make decisions on the what they spend money on and where and recreational spend may well diminish
     
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    (Stop it Howard ... that's one for a different thread ..... :))
     
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    I, for one, would be happy to have a couple of small visiting locos with a varied timetable including freights and demonstations such as shunting displays, visits to the carriage shed etc. Rather like the spring galas used to be, and open house weekends still are to some extent.
    Surely cheaper, and a better spectacle on this long branch line as the trains will look OK in both directions?
    I'll run for cover...
     
    3ABescot, 3 Aug 2022
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    ykin01, Gladiator 5076, Jamessquared și încă o persoană apreciază asta.
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    Flights from UK airports are a lottery at present. Passengers who have had their travel plans disrupted will question if now is a good time to book again.
    If they decide to holiday in the UK it will be good for British tourism and hopefully for our heritage railways. Fingers crossed. <BJ>
     
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  16. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    Steam events at locations on the line may help but each loco in steam needs a crew and fuel. Once you do that you might as well attach some coaches and run along the line.

    I expect the SVR will sort something without our ideas!
     
    Big Al, 3 Aug 2022
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    A fair point. It would be interesting to compare visitor numbers of galas with small visiting locos to galas with guests such as Flying Scotsman and Tornado. <BJ>
     
    free2grice, 3 Aug 2022
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    30854 și 3ABescot apreciază asta.
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    SVR tweeted about 10.30, that news about first visitor to the Autumn Gala will be made on Friday.
     
    cg, 3 Aug 2022
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  19. WesternRegionHampshireman

    WesternRegionHampshireman Well-Known Member

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    No Sidmouth, I haven't had the privilege of organising such things.
    However, I would rather try and give the enthusiasts a real shin dig and either succeed or fail at it, rather than not bother at all. :)
     
    WesternRegionHampshireman, 3 Aug 2022
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  20. Gladiator 5076

    Gladiator 5076 Resident of Nat Pres

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    There does seem to be an issue on a number of threads of ignoring the economic realities of the world (let alone the UK) that we live in.
     
    Gladiator 5076, 3 Aug 2022
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    30854, Andy B, Johnme101 și alți 3 apreciază asta.
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