West Somerset Railway General Discussion

Fair enough, I can't compel you! I only asked as you implied you wouldn't be posting again at all, but you have done so.

 

And I bet, it's our fault

 

Totally off topic but I currently have a post that falls into category 2. Nobody else can see it but I can.
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Any chance of removing it Pete?
It’s in the English Riviera Express 2020 thread.

 

Thanks Pete.
Cheers, Dave.

 

If I recall correctly, Bob Meanley was also the Director for Infrastructure. How will this pan out with the outstanding track work?

 

Quite. A lot of knowledge and experience lost there but... living within a few miles of Bob I know just how far it is to Minehead so totally understandable!

 

So why?

 

Correct. I'm increasingly suspicious that the state of the P'way, both physically and the "behind the scenes" stuff, is the sole or main reason the WSR isn't even attempting to run trains this year, and everything else is window dressing. I don't buy the financial arguments, either they're cover, or I concede they might be genuinely held, albeit wrongly IMHO.

Bob Meanley is a titanic figure in the industry and is a huge loss to the WSR. He leaves a rather large hole behind him - a replacement will be extremely difficult, but essential ASAP.

 

Bob Meanley I agree is a top draw person, and his experience speaks for its self, you certainly won't see me being critical of him,
I just hope the board don't try to use his departure as a diversion, by in some way trying to blame him for their own mistakes.

 

I think we should wait until the announcement is made public before we engage in too much speculation. It is entirely possible that Mr Meanley has resigned as a Director, but still retains his post as Chief Mechanical Engineer.

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The document was issued as a Press Release. Such things usually therefore are for public consumption, but there has already been criticism of the fact that the information has been shared, so I'm not going to post it here. As I said before, hopefully it will make it's way thru' to Mr E in due course.
Suffice to say that it is clear to say that Bob has indeed left the railway to spend more time with his family, essentially as it had become too difficult to do all the commuting necessary between home and Minehead.
Not the best of news for the WSR at this difficult time.

 

As @aldfort pointed out earlier, skilled board members are hard to find. A loss for the WSR at a critical time.

 

In politics we used to have "Teflon Tony".

 

There's a right way and a wrong way to discuss things.

The discussions here do nothing to help the railway so as far as I'm concerned the wrong way.