It could well be that the storage site is full at the moment. There are a number of wagons I would like to get onto the restoration queue but at...
Quick General question which may apply to this railway and many others. I know the directors of my own railway put themselves up for re election...
The ballast siding shut with the station in 1956. There is a tramway shown on the map up the hill towards St George's down from the station and...
Two places. Either from the quarry on the downs above Blackwater station, there being a siding at the station for loading the gravel or from...
This is going to come as a shock to many. Yes I've spent many a hour helping to restore and maintain the Islands carriages. Like many it is great...
The long and the short of it is there are many locos ,coaches and wagons on railways that they either were never on or perhaps shouldn't be on....
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Given that parts of the loco have been taken off to be assessed, the possibility of it travelling anywhere at the moment is remote
I believe that Ryan air had a route to Stockholm that landed in not the main local airport but at a airport in Denmark. Now that is a taxi ride.
To be fair to Paul, clean and tidy looks better. Perhaps Havenstreet are lucky in that 99% is stored out of sight behind a big storage building....
Well we have the toilet bowl so it will only be a mere repair. Just like a certain engine around a nameplate
Not what it says on the top of the page . Mind you these days we seem to be talking about many different things on many different pages that are...
Right I'll bring it back to the island. As we are talking about coaches and nice to have and the IOWSR rolling stock policy. Does anyone know of a...
I suppose looking back over the railways history someone must have thought it nuts to rebuild a 4 wheel carriage or two but thank god we did. It...
Today marks the first time in 156 years that the IWR will not have a wagon on it somewhere. Passed one of the match wagons going down the hill in...
So soon it may end up in the plc versus Somerset council if the employer backs their employee unless this is person to person not company to...
I can understand the argument from both sides ref Haydocks history so will leave it to see how the people at the top of both organisations come to...
From past experience I can say that I used to enjoy travelling back down to Salisbury in a light and airy NSE mk2 coach with all the windows open...
Hi there Fire line, Glad you have been able to set the record straight as to the reasons for many of the carriages in the past and goes to show...
Thanks Flying Scotsman, A well thought out response to my original post. Great to hear the other side of the story from someone defending mk1...
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