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  1. Bill Drewett
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    Demic Barry/other Wrecks

    Hang on a moment. Wanting to recreate a County is 'completism', but wanting a complete set of 8Fs from Crewe, Ashford, Swindon, Glasgow and...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 12 окт 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
  3. Bill Drewett
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    Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News

    Good point. I agree.
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 11 окт 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  4. Bill Drewett
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    Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News

    In post #618, you seemed to be asserting a principle along the lines of: It's generally cheaper to replace old railway bridges than repair them....
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 11 окт 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  5. Bill Drewett
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    Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News

    But I don't understand your wish to establish a general principle. Won't any railway spending hundreds of thousands look at the cost of all the...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 10 окт 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  6. Bill Drewett
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    Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News

    As people have said up thread, surely each case is different? I'm fairly sure repairing the viaduct at East Grinstead cost the Bluebell a lot less...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 10 окт 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  7. Bill Drewett
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

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    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 9 окт 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
  8. Bill Drewett
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    GWSR Broadway Developments

    Another piece of information that puts recent conversation in this forum in a completely different context. It's often a mistake to infer from...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 5 окт 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  9. Bill Drewett
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    GWSR Broadway Developments

    Interesting post on the railway's 'Boardroom Blog' today, about the proposed investments in 2018. Given recent discussion here about the wisdom of...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 5 окт 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  10. Bill Drewett
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    GWSR Broadway Developments

    What does this mean? Every extension the GWSR has opened has been successful. Their hopes and their experience are aligned not opposed. Both are...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 28 сен 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  11. Bill Drewett
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    GWSR Broadway Developments

    Indeed. Our nearest NT property is Tyntesfield. It takes about twenty minutes to walk from the car park to the garden, another twenty minutes to...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 28 сен 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  12. Bill Drewett
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    GWSR Broadway Developments

    And the railway enthusiasts reply with one voice: "Thank you for the lecture. It's hard to believe we could have grown our movement to its current...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 28 сен 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  13. Bill Drewett
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    76084

    Look at all those Churchward moguls. With all the recent discussion about suitable motive power for heritage lines, if only we could arrange time...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 28 сен 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
  14. Bill Drewett
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    GWSR Broadway Developments

    You seem to be suggesting that if the GWSR cared more about the customer, they would provide ample car parking close to the station from day one....
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 28 сен 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  15. Bill Drewett
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    Future covered workshop and storage space (especially for carriages) ?

    I don't think anyone was claiming that the initial 'bounce' would be sustained. The claim was that there would be a long-term, net increase in...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 17 сен 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  16. Bill Drewett
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    That's what I used to think. Then I saw Tom's photo on the previous page and realised that long lines of shabby vehicles awaiting repair were a...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 15 сен 2017 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  17. Bill Drewett
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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    Yes. And that's what amused me about the utter conviction in your first post.
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 7 сен 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
  18. Bill Drewett
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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    Have you been an eyewitness in many court cases?
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 7 сен 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
  19. Bill Drewett
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Absolutely. Dark ages in terms of preservation, but a golden age of railway travel. When you look at pre-WW1 photos of the railway scene and see...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 5 сен 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
  20. Bill Drewett
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    I beg to differ. Twentieth century designs are certainly very well represented, but there's not much from the nineteenth. A Dean bogie single is...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 5 сен 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
  21. Bill Drewett
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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    Nothing, in it's place. But we're serious players making important decisions to keep railways operating safely and profitably. Enthusiasts are...
    Сообщение от: Bill Drewett, 1 сен 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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