Super drawing! Presumably the tank drawing is of roughly the same 1887 vintage as that of its valve? Would be interested to hear how far the...
Thank you very much for posting that extract; most helpful. So the sequence of events is: 2018: plc signs a contract to extend its tenant's...
I've not been able to locate published accounts containing such a statement, and would be pleased to learn where it can be viewed, or for the...
Yes, 30120 spent a week on the line in 1958. 44123 in 1952. 41241 was at work on the Branch when very young; possibly straight out of...
Noel, I too am sure that the S&D Trust Board is very well aware of the risks of a further association with the WSR plc. I'm also sure there would...
Elaborating on that a little, Mike Palmer's account of the locomotive's restoration records that at the Trust's 1985 AGM the membership...
It was the WSR plc itself that initiated concerns about its solvency by the issue publicly of statements such as that to the effect that, so far...
I'm not so sure. I understood @Jamessquared's post #3951 to be advocating some form of compromise agreement under which the overhaul was still to...
Difficult to offer worthwile comment without knowledge of what the 'run and overhaul' agreement made between the S&D Trust and the WSR plc...
@Lineisclear is correct in saying that under the terms of the 1991 Lease of the Washford site the S&D Trust had to remove its track, buildings,...
The S&D Trust Chairman's letter reveals what is, to say the least, a disappointing situation. Back on the 21st July, Frank Courtney told us that:...
Let's apply a little games theory to the analysis of whether my logic is flawed. I have two options: that I give money to the WSR or I give it to...
This is a post that seems to beg a number of questions. First, in what circumstances will a buyer of the plc's assets assume an obligation to...
Between December 1928 and February 1929 the Somerset & Dorset took delivery of seven locomotives to the design of the LMS standard shunting tanks...
FWIW there was no suggestion or hint to that effect in the press release issued at the time: http://www.wsr.org.uk/plc-board-31-jul-2020.pdf. He...
According to the Companies House record, Robert Meanley first accepted appointment as a director of the West Somerset Railway plc on 14 December...
Insolvency practice is not my strong suit, but if I have correctly understood this part of @5914's post then the date on wich the WSR plc's...
I don't disagree with anything in your post. However, if the financial position of the prospectively defaulting party is so parlous as to deter...
There certainly is! Any director who thinks it will be cheaper to break a contract than perform it must expect his company to be successfully...
Well, thanks for that, but if there was a boiler overhaul and re-tubing in 2013 then why was the boiler lifted and hydraulically- and steam-tested...
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