West Somerset Railway General Discussion

My name is Keith, as you are well aware. When you resort to name calling, you’ve lost the argument.

Minehead is only open this weekend, not every weekend as Buckfastleigh. WSR might be 'looking' to run in December, but their performance over the last 6 months in organising events and running would tend to suggest that this will not happen. They also need to get the trackwork finished, get someone to sign it off, sort out the FTR exams, sort out competence training, sort out all the maintenance of track, signalling, stations, locos etc and possibly sort out some arrangements for the level crossing.

Keith

 

Ah the bus rides.All Passengers bring fuel cans (just in case)

 

Tsk tsk

 

Hardly. The plc is trying to have the bun and the ha'penny. Booting the S&DRT out of Washford, but still expecting free use of their superb loco - and oh, if S&DRT are lucky the plc may feel generous and part fund its overhaul. Great!!

 

When?

 

Thanks for those facts, which give a valuable contribution to the debate.

 

Freedom of speech, even if you don't agree with this guy. I don't either, but there are two sides to every coin.

 

Perhaps Mr Evans might like to take ‘Fortitude South’ as his ‘handle’?

Robin

 

Form 1

 

And assuming they have got all their local authority linear feature discharge consents approved...

Oh, "Linear feature what?" - Did I hear someone say...

 

So as a moderator, you're happy to post such comments, undermining the work of loyal volunteers who just want to help?
I have visited many heritage railways, the wsr ontrain toilets are far superior to many others.
Last time I visited the SVR, most of their loos were locked out of use. South Devon ontrain loos anyone?
Please be evenhanded.
Ian Coleby

 

That is a good point, what PPE should people be wearing when dealing with contaminated surfaces, such as the four foot? should hand weeding even be allowed when you think on the potential hazards that they might be exposing themselves to

 

Before everyone gets overexcited about finding something else to bash the WSR over the head with, let us remind ourselves off the fact that a) this is not a WSR specific problem, all heritage railways have direct discharge onto the track where track workers have the potential to come into contact with it, and b) the WSR hasn't run any passenger trains at all since December (?).
Given that the track was allowed to get into the state that its in, I'm prepared to accept that hand-weeding is the most effective method, even if it all looks a bit bleak. It is a shame that the WSR didn't feel able to run a weedkilling train earlier in the year though when other railways managed to find a way to do so and thus avoided the problem altogether.
A little calm is needed, not *everything* the WSR does needs criticising and analysing to death. It's that sort of thing which (here I go again) allows certain people to dismiss *all* criticism on this thread as nonsense, when much of it isn't so.

 

Er no. A number don't but that is really a question for another thread.

 

Bloody hell Martin, that's a bit strong. A large proportion of us are appalled at the decisions that the management have made recently but in no way would we say or think that. <BJ>

 

was there any need to make a snide remark about the south devon railway ?

 

Good for growing vegetables, one of uncle worked on a sewerage works, a couples of buckets of human excrement worked wonders with his runner beans, tomatoes and marrows.