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West Somerset Railway General Discussion

Rasprava u 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' pokrenuta od gwr4090, 15. Studeni 2007..

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  1. threelinkdave

    threelinkdave Well-Known Member

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    Thse oddities should not be dismissed. The Parry people mover seems to be holding its own on the Stourbridge branch
     
    threelinkdave, 11. Veljača 2017.
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  2. Forestpines

    Forestpines Well-Known Member

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    The PPM does well there because it's a self-contained shuttle with no conflicting moves, one train working, no intermediate stops and no risk of a signal check. Every time a PPM has been tried in any situation more complex than the Stourbridge Town branch it's been less than successful.

    However the Stadler RS1 is a very successful and mature design (20 years old, nearly 500 built according to Wikipedia) so in some ways the question is: why has it taken so long for any one in Britain to think about copying it?
     
    Forestpines, 11. Veljača 2017.
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    Yorkshireman and paulhitch like this.
  3. Miff

    Miff Part of the furniture Friend

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    Sounds like the D-train.
     
    Miff, 11. Veljača 2017.
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  4. michaelh

    michaelh Part of the furniture

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    I buy The Times and when I read the article, I thought it was utter nonsense. It was suggesting that "cheap trains" like this would permit the re-opening of lines such as Aberystwyth-Carmarthen as if the cost of the units was the only thing preventing that.

    Like you, my thoughts immediately went to Pacers.

    It is really just a press release from a company in Warwick trying to sell something.
     
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    michaelh, 11. Veljača 2017.
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    Bean-counter, Forestpines i Yorkshireman se sviđa ovo.
  5. Yorkshireman

    Yorkshireman Part of the furniture

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    Read post #3477. It really is fantasy as far as lines like the WSR are concerned.
     
    Yorkshireman, 11. Veljača 2017.
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  6. Yorkshireman

    Yorkshireman Part of the furniture

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    Quite so! In fact it is a very amateurish job altogether. Their's not yours
     
    Yorkshireman, 11. Veljača 2017.
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  7. AnthonyTrains2017

    AnthonyTrains2017 Well-Known Member

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    AnthonyTrains2017, 12. Veljača 2017.
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    granmaree se sviđa ovo.
  8. D1039

    D1039 Guest

    D1039, 13. Veljača 2017.
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  9. free2grice

    free2grice Part of the furniture Friend

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    A well deserved award for the WSR Special Events Planning Team. <BJ>

    ''Members of the WSR Special Events Planning Team (SEPT) received an award at the annual Heritage Railway Association Awards evening for their planning leading to the successful S&D Gala in March 2016. WSR's Andy Forster, Don Bishop, James Mills and John Cronin (SEPT Chair) were there to receive the award''.

    News thanks to wsr.org
    12 February 2017
     
    free2grice, 13. Veljača 2017.
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    Andy Norman, Yorkshireman, snappertim i 1 drugoj osobi se sviđa ovo.
  10. AnthonyTrains2017

    AnthonyTrains2017 Well-Known Member

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    AnthonyTrains2017, 13. Veljača 2017.
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    granmaree se sviđa ovo.
  11. Andy Norman

    Andy Norman Member

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    ENGINE FOUND BURIED BESIDE THE WSR’s MINEHEAD BRANCH


    Over the weekend members of the WSR’s Cutting Back Team and Minehead Loco Crew continued to clear the undergrowth from the lineside at Kentsford between Watchet & Washford. During some digging to unblock a hidden culvert the shout went out that an engine had been found buried !!!!

    As the team gathered round we all began to think, was it a Pannier, Prairie or even a Grange or Star !

    Unfortunately it turned out to be an engine out of an old car, sorry !

    2017-02-11 15.12.59 r.jpg
     
    Andy Norman, 13. Veljača 2017.
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    Liam K, Yorkshireman i Black Jim se sviđa ovo.
  12. ilvaporista

    ilvaporista Part of the furniture

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    Is this the start of a new build GWR Railcar project??
     
    ilvaporista, 13. Veljača 2017.
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  13. Robin Moira White

    Robin Moira White Resident of Nat Pres

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    As 'strategic reserves' go, I have seen better.

    Oops, there's my security clearance gone for a Burton....;)

    Robin
     
    Robin Moira White, 13. Veljača 2017.
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  14. Robin Moira White

    Robin Moira White Resident of Nat Pres

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    Another pair in the occasional series of WSR then and now.

    Minehead Station viewed from the Esplanade.

    Ca. 1910

    IMG_4278.JPG

    2017

    IMG_4494.JPG

    Robin
     
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    Robin Moira White, 13. Veljača 2017.
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    lowca63, The Dainton Banker, michaelh i 2 ostalih se sviđa ovo.
  15. frazoulaswak

    frazoulaswak Member

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    Interesting that the lamp standard on the corner is still in situ, though it has changed colour and may be serving a different function now.
     
    frazoulaswak, 13. Veljača 2017.
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  16. Black Jim

    Black Jim Member

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    Im sure I can remember the trees there, not the one in the middle of the road but the two smaller ones? I'm not that old, but i may be imagining it of course! When were they taken down?
     
    Black Jim, 13. Veljača 2017.
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  17. staffordian

    staffordian Well-Known Member

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    That Minehead shot is interesting; a rare example of a road narrowing project rather than a road widening one :)
     
    staffordian, 13. Veljača 2017.
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  18. AnthonyTrains2017

    AnthonyTrains2017 Well-Known Member

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    Silly place to put a tree in middle road
     
    AnthonyTrains2017, 13. Veljača 2017.
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  19. staffordian

    staffordian Well-Known Member

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    An organic roundabout :)
     
    staffordian, 13. Veljača 2017.
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    Dennis John Brooks se sviđa ovo.
  20. Robin Moira White

    Robin Moira White Resident of Nat Pres

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    Given Minehead's development, the tree was probably there before the road.....

    Robin
     
    Robin Moira White, 13. Veljača 2017.
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    Black Jim se sviđa ovo.
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