The year round reality though on the WSR is that on occasions 5 coaches suffice, more regularly 7 are required, in peak summer 8 or 9 might be...
Not everybody with direct, non armchair, experience of this type would agree with your description "ideal" and certainly not to be compared with a...
Neither the WSR, SVR, SDR & no doubt others were "red routes" in former times. That doesn't make their upgrading part of some sort of contest as...
Maybe but which will happen first? - completion of the Grange or upgrading of the WSR back to red route availability...……..I know where my bet lies.
Or better still the WSR where some sustained uphill work is possible on a long line.
Lode Star was inspected along with City of Truro & 2516 prior to C o T being put back in working order around 1985. The boiler of the Star was at...
Erlestoke! - as in the name of the Manor house here https://www.erlestoke.org/
Hang on there with the careless use of language. Yes the WSR needs considerable investment in its infrastructure on an ongoing basis (which...
Yes the tender in the photo with the then unrestored 7802 was the one subsequently resold to P Waterman for 7027. The tank of that tender has...
There is some evidence that one of the tenders was T2631 though the records show that one as being sold for scrap along with loco 4918,. Evidence...
All interesting stuff - a word of caution re numbers though. As an example T1888, according to the records, was sold for scrap along with loco...
One further ex GWR tender "rescued" from Swindon works to add. Tender 2334 (or the chassis of it without a tank) was purchased from BREL in the...
Late comment re ex GWR designed tenders at Swindon Works & elsewhere on the Western Region well after the end of WR steam. In late 1981(?) a...
Given that 4110 was sold nearly a year ago now just what is the point in bringing the sale up again? - Its history!
& 3845...
Andy - its high time you stopped posting here regarding your personal situation as only you perceive it. If your posts are to continue perhaps a...
I can only say that volunteering on the WSR this year, like previous years, has been a pleasure. The volunteers I meet are uncomplicated and...
Is there a single heritage railway in the country which actually manages to balance its income & expenditure purely on the basis of core...
Not going to happen. Chimney bagged up & in store now until December.
I'm still curious how the NYMR is (or appears to be) 50% more popular in passenger figures than any other UK heritage railway. (And yes I do...
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