S&D Railway Trust

I don't agree with what happened but I think the board of Wimbledon believed they had to move in order for the club to survive?
The SDRT can survive elsewhere. Like I have said previously, there is no reason why this can't be the start of a better era for them.

 

Maybe, but....what as, other than an unsightly dump? By the time that the S&DRT have departed there will be no track and probably no shed, so the WSR will need money in order to provide a replacement infrastructure.

 

Short term cost, possibly they can repurpose track being replaced? They can model it how they want. A blank canvas. Why is that an issue?

 

There may be plain track being replaced, but I'm not aware that that the WSR currently has any 'spare' pointwork to make more than one siding.

 

Will you be contributing financially to any appeal by the Trust to help them re-locate if it comes to that? To have that better start they would need help for certain.

 

Does the point on the mainline at Washford belong to the plc? Presumably even to construct a single trailing siding, you still require a second switch to make a trap from that siding? New point work certainly isn’t cheap, and “cascading” from the mainline requires there to be old mainline points to be cascaded, ie for there to be an extant programme of track replacement on the mainline.

Tom

 

No chance.

 

You are defo a glass half empty kind of guy.

 

Somehow that doesn't surprise me.

 

I don't really understand why so many folk are still engaging with this guy, I gave up ages ago. It's just pointless, I'm sure he's only trying to wind us up anyway.

 

I don't see myself wanting to buy a ticket again, after the way the plc has behaved. I don't like bullies.

May do some linesiding from bridges, if I'm in the area. I used to go to nearly every gala, buying a two day ticket plus programme. I may not be the only one who feels this way.

 

Despite all the bluster, that reply does say what many here suspect.

 

If you are referring to Sherrings Yard, I would very much suspect that it is being rented because it is in Williton, adjacent to the works, neither of which qualifications fit Washford yard. If the WSR just wanted somewhere to store things, there is plenty of land at Norton Fitzwarren and between NF and Bishop's Lydiard, where the formation used to be double track. Location, location, location.

 

No, merely a realistic pragmatist after decades in railway preservation.

>>>The SDRT can survive elsewhere.

Maybe, maybe not. Any move away from WD will involve the Trust in two separate sets of costs, namely (1) the cost of dismantling and moving everything at WD and then (2) the cost of re-erecting elsewhere.

Whatever might be the outcome of any legal action, I doubt very much that any compensation/award of costs etc will cover more than a part of that. The rest of the money will have to come from existing Trust funds and new donations etc, all of which could be much better spent on improving and expanding what the S&DRT already has at WD rather than merely trying to play 'catch up' to get back eventually at some new site to the state which already exists at WD.

I don't know the current situation with the Trust, but in my time there it had been of great concern for some while that membership numbers were falling. The 'old guard' of ex-S&D staff and the early preservationists were succumbing to the passage of time and young 'new blood' volunteers to carry the Trust forward were conspicuous by their absence. I know that membership numbers have increased since the eviction was announced, but I wonder how many of those newcomers will (a) actually become a hands-on work-force at a new site and (b) still be with the Trust in (say) 5 years time?

 

But that belongs - or used to - to the WSR Association and was itself something of a thorny subject post-Coombes. Within the 'one railway' concept it might seem a pragmatic solution, but in the current 'political' climate on the WSR, who knows?

AFAIK Sherrings Yard IS rented, not owned.

 

Lucky you. You can enjoy it safe in the knowledge that I won't spoil your view.
Pat

 

What difference does pre booking make to the majority attending or not attending a gala? I feel I am missing something

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Irresponsible in what way?

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If you have pre-booking you can control the numbers likely to attend within a reasonable level. What you do not want is far too many people to turn up than you can accommodate safely on your station with social distancing etc and so have to turn them away, which will make for unhappy potential customers. If they all decide to go and stand elsewhere by the lineside in one giant huddle would be outside of your control, but might get you 'bad press' from any locals fearing a 'spike' in infections.

 

SDRT have been thrown off the WSR by the current management, they are not leaving from choice. What happened with Cardiff City is an interesting comparison, as I recall the owner eventually reverted to the original colours after protests from the fans? No sign of any change of mind by the WSR management, in spite of protests by a good number of volunteers, and boycotting by even larger numbers of potential donors to the emergency appeal.

At least the "nutter" did own Cardiff City, and was therefore entitled to do whatever he liked. Mr Jones Pratt does not own WSR PLC, indeed I am not sure if he owns any shares, and he should remember that.

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