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West Somerset Railway General Discussion

Discuție în 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' creată de gwr4090, 15 Noi 2007.

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  1. daveb

    daveb Member

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    As Companies House has the dates as 23/09 and the announcement was of the retirements was 23/10, I'm inclined to agree that this was probably a cock-up. I also agree that the re-purposing of a planned resignation looks underhand.
     
    daveb, 17 Noi 2020
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    ross, Bionic_Woman, 35B și încă o persoană apreciază asta.
  2. flying scotsman123

    flying scotsman123 Resident of Nat Pres

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    That's a non-answer and you know it.
     
    flying scotsman123, 17 Noi 2020
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    jnc și nanstallon apreciază asta.
  3. Mike Birch

    Mike Birch New Member

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    The latest DEPG update has some hopefully encouraging news in this respect (https://depg.org/week-ending-15-nov-20/)

    "The survey and immediate safety-related work is being funded by a£30,000 allocation from the Government’s ‘Cultural Recovery Fund for Heritage’ and is being managed by WSR Lead Civil Engineer Andrew Young" .
     
    Mike Birch, 17 Noi 2020
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    6960 Raveningham Hall, DragonHandler, Hampshire Unit și încă o persoană apreciază asta.
  4. Sidmouth

    Sidmouth Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Moderator

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    Sorry but clerical error is not an excuse . Directors have responsibilities , LEGAL responsibilities that failure to conduct can lead to penalties . were they or not in office ?
     
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  5. RailWest

    RailWest Part of the furniture

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    Perhaps the question to be asked is - did the person at the WSSRT who was responsible for sending the necessary documents to Companies House actually check later to ensure that (a) they had been posted and (b) posted corrected, and if not why not?
     
    RailWest, 17 Noi 2020
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  6. nanstallon

    nanstallon Part of the furniture

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    At last, something positive getting done on the Railway, apart from the hand weeding by volunteers who at least were helping the situation as best they could. I'm looking forward to a trip behind D9526, happy memories of it being quite a regular back in the early 1980s. I hope that trip will be on the WSR.
     
    nanstallon, 17 Noi 2020
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    Mike Birch apreciază asta.
  7. martin1656

    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    doesn't the last umteen posts, claims and counter claims, just go to show just how things have deteriorated? when trustees use underhand methods to block change, what does that say of the rotten organisations involved? It is said that a fish rots from the head down, so with that in mind, there is an awful stench about those in charge at the WSR.
     
    martin1656, 17 Noi 2020
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    The Dainton Banker, Bionic_Woman, Blue Horizon și alți 2 apreciază asta.
  8. 35B

    35B Nat Pres stalwart

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    On turnover, there is also (as @aldfort has regularly commented) the issue of having recruits available in the first place.
     
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  9. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    Here's a thought for the future.

    The WSR has been in the habit of allowing visiting main line locomotives that arrive on charters to run along the line to Minehead. Sometimes the main line loco has come off at BL and a WSR loco has taken the train forward.

    I'd be very surprised if any main line loco owner will allow their engine to trundle beyond BL if and when the line opens fully. There is too much at stake, I would suggest, to allow a 7/8P along a rural branch line with infrastructure work needed.
     
    Big Al, 17 Noi 2020
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  10. martin1656

    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    Won't most be now over the axle loading weight anyway? if a Hall is too heavy, then I can't think of any mainline loco, other than a black 5 that would be with in a GWR blue route.
     
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    Not everything that goes on with track work, etc ..goes on here to be pulled apart, who have never been to the WSR it seems to us ??.....Vol PW gang are always out Sunday's & odd Monday's
    IMG_9799[1].JPG IMG_9802[1].JPG ....
     
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    malcolm imps, 17 Noi 2020
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  12. flying scotsman123

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    No one's ever dissed or pulled apart work by p'way gangs...
     
    flying scotsman123, 17 Noi 2020
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  13. Piggy

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    You mean less of a chair, more like a stool ... ?
     
    Piggy, 17 Noi 2020
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    ikcdab Member Friend

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    Chris and David both resigned on 23 October. Any other date mentioned is mistake.
    Ian
     
    ikcdab, 17 Noi 2020
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  15. City of truro fan

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    Everyone is human. We was constantly asking a friend if they had got there birthday card and a month later we found it under some letters as we both thought each other had posted it. So sometimes mistakes happen. But I still disagree with them on how they did the weeding that was bad managers
     
    City of truro fan, 17 Noi 2020
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  16. ikcdab

    ikcdab Member Friend

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    Again, to clear up a misunderstanding. Chris had suggested resigning earlier in the year. I don't remember when but as it was at a physical meeting it was pre-covid. However, he was persuaded not to resign by various senior people around the railway.
    Therefore any suggestion that he "re-purposed" his resignation is fanciful in the extreme and completely wrong. If it hadn't been for the letter threatening to report to the police, then he would still be chairman.
    Ian Coleby.
     
    ikcdab, 17 Noi 2020
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    Triumph 2500S, Maunsell907, 6960 Raveningham Hall și încă o persoană apreciază asta.
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    I understand Brian you need to find fault after Saturdays election result but most on here do seem to agree that Cock up rather than conspiracy
     
    rodders154, 17 Noi 2020
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  18. Sidmouth

    Sidmouth Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Moderator

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    Thank you @ikcdab I trust the individual responsible for a somewhat fundamental error will now be subject to staff management processes to enable them to do the job better ...


    I trust also you understand that whilst in isolation mistakes do happen , given the scrutiny the WSR is under mistakes like this continue to give the impression of an organisation that is not in control
     
    Sidmouth, 17 Noi 2020
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    35B apreciază asta.
  19. martin1656

    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    Cock up rather than conspiricy ?? And you say the PLC are the only act in town, Are they A Brian Rix tribute? a farce? its hardly a thing to be proud of, yet here we go once more round the magic roundabout that is the WSR,
     
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  20. City of truro fan

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    Was diniford halt always there? Or a new one?
     
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