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The South Devon Railway Thread

Rasprava u 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' pokrenuta od johnofwessex, 19. Ožujak 2017..

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  1. WesternRegionHampshireman

    WesternRegionHampshireman Well-Known Member

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    Seeing things like this, really makes me proud to be an English man, so glad your helping those with dementia.
    Never would get anything like that down my way.
     
    WesternRegionHampshireman, 8. Listopad 2023.
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  2. WesternRegionHampshireman

    WesternRegionHampshireman Well-Known Member

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    Has anyone had any updates on the winter event that's happening on the 29th - 31st of December?
     
    WesternRegionHampshireman, 8. Listopad 2023.
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  3. Paul42

    Paul42 Part of the furniture

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    Screenshot_20231026-122349.png
     
    Paul42, 26. Listopad 2023.
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  4. Paulthehitch

    Paulthehitch Well-Known Member

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    The next best thing to actual ownership which ought to be the general aspiration.
     
    Paulthehitch, 26. Listopad 2023.
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  5. Matt37401

    Matt37401 Nat Pres stalwart

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    How is it Paul? We’ve just a locomotive owned by an another railway sold off to raise funds, which has been done to death on the relevant threads.

    A supporting group though isn’t a bad thing though I have to agree, I hope certain other railways and people please take note.
     
    Matt37401, 26. Listopad 2023.
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  6. WishIHadAName

    WishIHadAName New Member

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    WishIHadAName, 26. Listopad 2023.
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  7. flying scotsman123

    flying scotsman123 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Excellent news, and a very good video. The added development of 'new restoration and visitor facilities' sounds very interesting, looking forward to hearing more about that too.
     
    flying scotsman123, 26. Listopad 2023.
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  8. Paul42

    Paul42 Part of the furniture

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    Paul42, 26. Listopad 2023.
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  9. WesternRegionHampshireman

    WesternRegionHampshireman Well-Known Member

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    Finally! Some good news! So glad something as rare (versatile and reliable) as 3205 on going to be overhauled.
    Perhaps my dream of some DNS events will finally happen.
     
    WesternRegionHampshireman, 27. Listopad 2023.
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  10. 1472

    1472 Well-Known Member

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    Why? - experience suggests otherwise.
     
    1472, 28. Listopad 2023.
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  11. Alan Kebby

    Alan Kebby Well-Known Member

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    What experience is that? Experience has shown the MHR that it can’t continue to rely on private loco owners, which is why it went a buying spree to secure locos of it’s own - 41312, 80150, 34058, 75079, 45379, 35005 and a share in 34007. 20 or so years ago it only owned Thomas.
     
    Last edited: 28. Listopad 2023.
    Alan Kebby, 28. Listopad 2023.
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    Paulthehitch and Steve like this.
  12. 1472

    1472 Well-Known Member

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    Considerable experience thanks over 50 years in this game.
    From the list you quote, and viewing from a distance, only one of the locos you quote above appears to be currently available for use. The others are either stored (and therefore of no use in the foreseeable future) or under overhaul suggesting a ballooning drain on increasingly scarce cash. Yes folk might put their hands in their pockets towards the direct cost of these overhauls but are less likely to go the extra mile when they don't feel some "ownership" through an active focussed support group which is also able to attract charitable funding, bequests, retail profit etc etc.

    The MHR policy is perhaps understandable given skirmishes of long ago and more recently with single person owners but not typical elsewhere. Is it actually delivering though?

    The GWSR is 100% reliant on supportive loco owning groups. The SVR is increasingly so as too as is the WSR and, I believe, the GCR.

    There is no golden answer to this but full fleet ownership by an operating PLC is likely to lead to overhaul funding issues the next time there is an urgent large call on infrastructure work and the result becomes a legthening queue of out of ticket locos. Locos on "run, dump, repair sometime" agreements are also very likely to suffer being dumped in hard financial times.
     
    1472, 28. Listopad 2023.
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  13. WishIHadAName

    WishIHadAName New Member

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    WishIHadAName, 1. Prosinac 2023.
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  14. black5

    black5 Well-Known Member

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    black5, 23. Kolovoz 2024.
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  15. brennan

    brennan Member

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    Just remind me, what happened to Dumbleton Hall?
     
    brennan, 23. Kolovoz 2024.
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  16. JBTEvans

    JBTEvans Part of the furniture

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    Went to Japan for Harry Potter
     
    JBTEvans, 23. Kolovoz 2024.
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  17. Paul.Uni

    Paul.Uni Well-Known Member

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    I see on the SDRA loco roster, 2807 is listed for the Polar Express trains.
     
    Paul.Uni, 8. Rujan 2024.
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  18. JBTEvans

    JBTEvans Part of the furniture

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    Surprised they haven't got 3850 after 7820. Interesting extra Polar Express after Christmas instead with the gala in January instead.
     
    JBTEvans, 11. Rujan 2024.
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  19. ruddingtonrsh56

    ruddingtonrsh56 Well-Known Member

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    My understanding from a GWSR insider is that 2807 was booked several months ago, at a point where it was not yet certain whether 3850 would be back in action by that point. My understanding is also that they have an arrangement with the GWSR for hire of a loco, rather than Dinmore Manor Loco group specifically. It just so happens that Dinmore Manor is the loco they've used for the last few years
     
    ruddingtonrsh56, 11. Rujan 2024.
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  20. JBTEvans

    JBTEvans Part of the furniture

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    Okay thanks, I thought the agreement may have been with DMLL!
     
    JBTEvans, 11. Rujan 2024.
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