West Somerset Railway General Discussion

Thought 6695 was back at the Swindon and Cricklade?

 

6695 went home 5 months ago!

 

Definitely not 6695 then, unless they make an agreement to bring it back!

 

But thats like saying I eat cheese. Both cheese and ovoids come in many different types & flavours.

 

Flavoured ovoids, whatever next.

Dave B

 

this steam engine smells like my brie

 

As ovoids are made from pulverised anthracite I would expect the ash residue to be dust. Nothing significant in that.

 

Cheese & Ovoid crisps perhaps ??

 

Smokey bacon flavour ovoids to add extra taste to breakfast cooked on the shovel.

Dave B

 

Soma for inner city running

(Brave New World)

 

WSRA Journal landed yesterday.

Happy to read that an autumn steam event will be taking place next year, 17-19th October. Much missed!

 

Hence the question, as does proper coal. Best choose Caerphilly

 

For cheese or for coal?

 

The plan to link tthe WSR o Taunton has resurfaced:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cev93j9z1epo.amp
£6m estimated cost for mainline improvements alone.

 

I'd have thought one look at Swanage would be enough to kill that idea stone dead now...

 

No because this scheme is entirely different. This is not the WSR running trains (a la Swanage) but GWR running their trains to BL. So for a start none of the issues that Swanage had with rolling stock and staffing. There is a much fuller and more accurate report in the latest journal, just issued.
Ian Coleby

 

I dont know what capacity is like at Taunton but as with some Southern Railway electrification schemes presumably turning trains round at Bishops Lydeyard would improve capacity at Taunton?

 

Is it so different given the proposal to run year round WSR services to connect with the buses and GWR?

 

I think the main problem at Taunton at present is that signalling only allows access to/from the WSR via platform 2 and the Down/Up Relief, which means trains have to cross the main running lines at Norton Fitzwarren. This could cause pathing problems for a regular service..