KESR 1999/2000. Large sums were being received, including a Millennium Commission grant, and spent on the Bodiam extension. Spending somehow got...
Did Iowa/BARS ever make a profit on their uk operations? Pete Briddon’s blog seems to imply they relied on regular injections of cash from...
A big reason for choosing Shildon was the local authority gave a ton of money for the NRM to go there. Similarly the NRM had to pull out of the...
I think Simon’s post was well written and argued. I enjoyed reading it. No doubt many of these points have been made before but perhaps not in...
As far as I’m aware Amber Rudd did not lodge an objection to the TWA Order. Her previous objection to the planning application was ignored by the...
:) I think I might award myself SL (successful loser) letters after my name from now on. I hope no one considers this such a terrible breach of...
Why not? As far as I’m aware there are, and never have been, officially agreed ‘rules’ for railway speed records. With no serious competition for...
The leaseholder and operator’s American parent company has gone bust. That’s the only drama here. The government doesn’t know what is going to...
One of the ongoing problems for many groups is company shares are not usually “for the life of the holder” they are for ever. When the holder...
Bulleid’s turf burner had conventional piston valves and Bulleid/Walschaerts (chain driven) valve-gear. In testing it was much more successful...
Maybe they were all secretly overhauled at Collection X HQ :) - I doubt it somehow but you never know.
Isn’t that the whole point of NP? Don’t try to kid me you have a life as well :)
FfR managed to do it the other way round.
The latest WSRA board minutes confirm their shop and cafe has now been sold to the Plc and their engineering business will follow by the end of...
A Super-Fairlie or ‘Fairatt’ (since it was not a double ended boiler) was proposed as a private project a few years ago but I haven’t heard of any...
I wonder what the WHHR (former ‘64 Co.) would have planned had their bids to run the line succeeded rather than the FfR’s. They did have a NG15...
The 31st Oct blog says: Austens bridge is not in RVR ownership and we are at great pains to respect the owners privacy and restrict access from...
Is there anything preventing me selling my shares, if I can find a buyer? If not then there may be a monetary value- just difficult to set the...
That doesn’t apply in the case of the WSR plc which is not wholly (or majority) owned by anyone. The two charities (WSRA and WSSRT) both hold...
Nevertheless a statement like that implies the restoration is on hold again. The previous owner was ‘open to offer’ for years.
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