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35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Yes, but I'd suggest that any railway that had got itself to such an existential cash crisis that the only urgent thing was as you suggest would be unlikely to get very far with an appeal - at least unless it could convince those donating that...
May 14, 2026 at 9:36 PM -
35B liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
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May 14, 2026 at 9:36 PM -
35B liked 62440's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Ah yes, this may well work in practice but will it work in theory?
May 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM -
35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
I can't help thinking you are seeing problems where none need exist. For example - the railway knows it needs to overhaul a loco, and has the capability to do so in its own workshop, but no budget. Support charity raises money from an appeal and...
May 14, 2026 at 7:45 PM -
35B replied to the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
The "oh dear" is that WSR need to run an appeal. The wider discussion is both specific to the organisational structures in West Somerset (relatively unusual in preservation and discussed exhaustively before), and general in respect of the wider...
May 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM -
35B replied to the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
If they really don't have spending priorities, even for opex on their vehicles, then things are worse than the appeal to shareholders would imply.
May 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM -
35B liked johnofwessex's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Hypothetically though The WSR Board identifies the annual loss They then look at what they need to spend money on So having identified a need to spend say £100K on carriage maintenance & improvement they approach the WSRA asking if they can...
May 14, 2026 at 2:40 PM
