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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Does anyone know of a bus operator interested in taking over the trackbed for a guided busway route? Now that would really bring the punters in.
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 11 Noi 2020 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Splendid pic, great auto. But would you require a Land Rover type snorkel to actually drive through this raging torrent?
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 21 Oct 2020 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    'And there's more......' as a TV comedian was wont to say. It seems from comments here, that a number of members of the WSSRT put themselves up...
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 26 Sep 2020 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Completely OT, but for anyone interested in those who run a heritage railway under difficulty should look at the FR webcam for Harbour station...
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 21 Aug 2020 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 13 Aug 2020 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Sorry - deleted. The wrong quote was brought forward, confusingly.
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 18 Iul 2020 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Or extend the WHR to Bangor using the former Cambrian trackbed (as discussed during reconstruction in the '90s) and maybe go Blaenau to...
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 26 Iun 2020 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Think it was HAWORTH, the Worth Valley Railway is the clue. But being in Yorkshire, it is pronounced as you spelt it.........
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 22 Iun 2020 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    More likely to be STARING .........
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 26 Mar 2020 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    A possibly relevant factor. Please remember that a significant proportion of the fare-paying visitors who visit heritage railways, are of the...
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 5 Mar 2020 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    BAAAAAHHH
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 4 Feb 2020 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Isn't Photoshop wonderful?
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 23 Noi 2019 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Darlington Railway Preservation Society

    Alas, website no longer there. Does ANYTHING last in Darlo? (I worked there in the 60s at the Cummins Component plant on the Yarm Road from...
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 27 Oct 2019 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Does this suggest that the alleged objector to the south webcam at Williton wasn't opposed to the railway in principle, but merely to being seen...
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 11 Oct 2019 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    No mention of a familiar phrase from past days, when I was young enough to be searching the job ads - 'Previous candidates need not re-apply'.
    Post de: Jim O'Brien, 9 Oct 2019 în forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK