Sobering indeed and should be a wake up. Previous WSR appeals, with the exception of the push to get 9351 assembled, have by and large failed....
I rescpectfully disagree, most of the posts are factual and onjective. There is self evidently structural and cultural problems, deeply rooted,...
Back on the WSR, it seems likely that 4561 (and/or, it is to be hoped, 4160) may follow on. We will be trying to replicate the level of access....
Planning pernission granted: https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/17632334.railway-station-building-to-be-converted-into-ticket-office/
This, and the many other posts he makes, are very reminiscent of the Dagenham machinists strikeof 1968. The fact that the PLC are breaking thir...
Many thanks for the insight. It seems there is, maybe because of geographic isolation, there is a mindset in both the Association and the PLC...
I agree. As I understand it the Association has hired a profesional Fundraiser on the basis of 15 hours per week. I posted a link to the Swire...
Just a speculatice question, when will the 4F leave the railway now the contract is terminated?? (Probably a can of worms behind the scenes?)
More good news. Somebody ought to consider a bus service to Porlock / Lynton and Lynmouth timed with the first and last trains of the day. That...
It was the Arnold Ridley
Yes good news indeed. 9351 has shown that if you engage with givers and show progress then they will get behind a project. Printing a few...
Whilst the Panniers, and the pending small Prairie are more than welcome, the one thing that worries me is the coal loading arrangements at...
Is it? No doubt it was worked into the price of the hire so the PLC is paying itself fo the re-paint.
IMHO the early DMU is vastly underated. In the summer it is the first movement on the line, which being undisturbed overnight abounds with...
It very much appears they have been 'mortgaging' the line and now it is time to pay. If ever there was a time for a well organised funding appeal...
Good news, I posted info on the trust a few months ago so may have sown a seed. I worked for Swire and the do a lot of charitible work around the...
Who will be providing the buses.............
Maybe ten years or so ago there was a two/three (?) day Class 59 event hauled from Westbury to East Cranmore. Vintage buese ferried travellers to...
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