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    Swanage Railway General Discussion

    Lol bloody autocorrect! Imminent!
    Post by: redbarron, Dec 26, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Swanage Railway General Discussion

    I thought accreditation for the mining museum was immigrate after the new management took over? Is the mine tunnel still closed?
    Post by: redbarron, Dec 26, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Swanage Railway General Discussion

    Does the corfe castle railway museum accreditation include the mining museum?
    Post by: redbarron, Dec 26, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Poole Park Railway

    I doubt BCP council will run something as environmentally destructive as a steam loco when councillors are concerned about pets! How would they...
    Post by: redbarron, Jan 8, 2022 in forum: Miniature Railways
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    Project Wareham

    Given the amount of smoke coming from the exhaust of one of the engines of the DMU last Sunday morning I think breakdowns may not be uncommon. How...
    Post by: redbarron, Jan 8, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum

    I would like to know what about the carriage doesn't meet regulations too. Again I suspect it is more a case of "we didn't make it, the other lot...
    Post by: redbarron, Dec 9, 2021 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum

    It wasn't built by Toby, as good as he is at building things. The unfinished chassis came from Devon. The brakes and wood work were completed by...
    Post by: redbarron, Dec 5, 2021 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum

    Which coach is that, the ex WHR one that was rotting in the siding or the Penrhyn style one that has brakes on all wheels and a guards seat and...
    Post by: redbarron, Dec 3, 2021 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Mrs Thatcher every time, wonderful woman. Did a great deal of good for this country, that had to be done to drag a collapsing post industrial...
    Post by: redbarron, Mar 31, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    The ruston at lynton station is effectively scrap. The cylinder block is cracked from frost damage and the body work has collapsed. As it has...
    Post by: redbarron, Dec 14, 2020 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum

    I really do not believe that the entire councils legal department has spent the last ten years organising a merger that may just happen at the...
    Post by: redbarron, Nov 12, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum

    The merger of the councils was announced 2-3 years ago and happened 18 months ago. The lease has been an issue since the museum was first...
    Post by: redbarron, Nov 10, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum

    PMMM cannot get accreditation because no lease has been agreed with the local council who own the site. The task of sorting the lease was taken in...
    Post by: redbarron, Nov 7, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    V4 2-6-2 No. 3403

    Give it as stupid a name as they have the new P2 (Prince Charles I ask you (why aren't we a republic by now?)) and it will not be getting any of...
    Post by: redbarron, Oct 23, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Hampshire Narrow Gauge Trust

    So why the implication in your earlier posting (that at least two readers picked up on) that HNGRT had somehow denied PMMM the O&K by selling it...
    Post by: redbarron, Oct 20, 2019 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways