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  1. jnc liked RailWest's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    Whits the S&DRT might not have been a specific WSR support organisation, over the years it certainly provided a great deal of 'support' to the railway in terms of maintaining one of its stations, attracting visitors to the line, providing...

    15. Svibanj 2026. u 13:23

  2. jnc liked ghost's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    If you have to tell someone where to find a particular piece of information, then “everything is easy to find “ cannot be true.

    15. Svibanj 2026. u 13:20

  3. jnc liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    From a very quick glance, lke most website updates a step back from what it replaced. Timetable seems to have gone the same way as many lines what I call "The Bluebell Annoyance"

    15. Svibanj 2026. u 13:19

  4. jnc odgovara u temi Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.

    Here. Noel

    15. Svibanj 2026. u 13:02

  5. jnc 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...

    14. Svibanj 2026. u 21:27

  6. jnc liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    All well and fine, I won't even contest the point that a charity could help with the wage bill if those staff are doing something like working in engineering functions on heritage equipment as Tom outlined. BUT, I go back to what the appeal...

    14. Svibanj 2026. u 21:26

  7. jnc 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...

    14. Svibanj 2026. u 20:23

  8. jnc liked Robin's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.

    Latest Branch Lines https://www.svrlive.com/blmay26 Of particular note, "The Railway is introducing a steam-hauled train on summer Saturdays on the first service out of Bridgnorth. In June, July and August, one of the smaller steam locomotives...

    14. Svibanj 2026. u 18:27

  9. jnc liked Foxontour's post in the thread Strathspey Railway.

    92219 hasn't been touched for about 16 months. Stage one, strip the loco has been completed, the boiler has been separated from its ash pan and mountings, it is sitting on small packers ready to lift. When the next stage is started, which is...

    14. Svibanj 2026. u 17:01

  10. jnc odgovara u temi Dean Forest Railway.

    Good point. Noel

    14. Svibanj 2026. u 17:00

  11. jnc liked ChuffChuff's post in the thread Dean Forest Railway.

    Let's pretend that the new owner restores Warrior, runs it at the Dean Forest for - say - 2 years, and then takes it away. I'd argue this is better for the Dean Forest than having it remain in bits in assorted bushes. And it's certainly better...

    14. Svibanj 2026. u 16:53

  12. jnc liked 35B's post in 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...

    14. Svibanj 2026. u 16:49

  13. jnc liked 46229's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    I'm struggling to understand why this is considered another 'oh dear' story specific to the WSR? Anyone who has been paying attention and not living in a parallel universe should surely realise that every heritage railway is engaged in a serious...

    14. Svibanj 2026. u 16:48

  14. jnc liked 35B's post in 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.

    14. Svibanj 2026. u 16:47

  15. jnc 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...

    14. Svibanj 2026. u 16:46
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