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Mark Thompson liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

Part of me would really like to see that carriage restored. But a bigger part thinks we should concentrate on the vernacular, not the special - hence being pleased to see work on 971 after many years, a carriage I remember from early visits to...

Mark Thompson replied to the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

Asbestos removal was done, to the best of my knowledge, several decades ago, when a start was made, working alongside the old platform 1 at HK, of replacing the 1930s sliding toplights with original pattern LB&SCR replacements. Unfortunately,...

Mark Thompson liked lynbarn's post in the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

Hi Mark, thinking about it overnight, yes, I do recall it was said at the time that it couldn't be used due to it having Asbestos inside it. Now I am sure there are many reasons why it is where it is in the restoration queue. Now I am not taking...

Mark Thompson replied to the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

I was going to say, your last visit must have been many, many years ago. From my recollection, the last of the "Poison Teas runs" with the Brighton Directors saloon must have been on the wrong side of the 1980s. My memories of it actually in...

Mark Thompson liked Chris86's post in the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

I think that's a bit chicken and egg- if you don't offer them, then folk can't get excited/interested. Equally, if folk don't get excited, I can see the cost justification being difficult. Most railways only have Mk1s, so the expectation is...

Mark Thompson liked StoneRoad's post in the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

That, sadly, is a very good point !

Mark Thompson replied to the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

Absolutely. And harks back to my well-worn trope about carriages being Cinderella's pumpkins, which carry every fare paying passenger to "The ball". If every punter could be transported, using a beautifully restored 19th or early 20th century...

Mark Thompson liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

I think the team doing the Maunsell Restaurant Car at the Bluebell had a fundraising target initially of £140k, but that was some while ago, so I suspect it will end up being more - that's with a substantially volunteer team. The Pullman Car 54...

Mark Thompson liked J Rob't Harrison's post in the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

As the guy who's put £200 into the kitty (and then unwittingly sparked all of this...) all I'll say is... I've given my trust to the appeal. I think that trust should be repaid with a bit of honesty as to who they are and what their plan beyond...

Mark Thompson liked J Rob't Harrison's post in the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

Well, until we know more the only possible answer to that is that it's the person who has shown the aptitude to -Contact the GCR-RST about taking the stock on -Get options for a new location to move them to -Get quotes from haulage firms for the...

Mark Thompson liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

More Rother Valley Railway news and progress at: https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/ Mike

Mark Thompson liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

I'm sorry, but I really don't think you've thought this through. At a simple cash level, if agricultural land were £1000/acre and an affected farm were 100 acres, with 1 acre of trackbed on the farm, you would spend £100,000 to acquire 1 acre,...

Mark Thompson liked marshall5's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

It strikes me that Sharpethorne is the ideal candidate for a cosmetic restoration and placing in the museum - after all it helped build the line did it not? Ray.

Mark Thompson liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

No, you want full Wainwright livery to match the tender ... https://www.derekhayward.co.uk/BluebellRailway-1/Bluebell-Railway-Eric-Kemp/i-wW6Cqpm (Not my photo). Tom