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3803 for sale

Discussie in 'Steam Traction' gestart door Martin Perry, 22 jun 2010.

  1. Martin Perry

    Martin Perry Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator Friend

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    I see that according to the latest Railway Herald (issue 227) that the SDR is selling 3803 (Offers around GBP350K) - is this a renewed effort to sell it or just the RH catching up on old news?

    http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue227.pdf
     
    Martin Perry, 22 jun 2010
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  2. Pete Thornhill

    Pete Thornhill Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Administrator Moderator Friend

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  3. Stu in Torbay

    Stu in Torbay Part of the furniture

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    Would 3803 be powerful enough to haul 13 on the Paignton line? If so it would be a good addition to their stable....
     
    Stu in Torbay, 22 jun 2010
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  4. 61624

    61624 Part of the furniture

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    It's a renewed effort to sell it, but the price has been dropped by about 250K I think.
     
    61624, 22 jun 2010
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  5. Scorpian04111986

    Scorpian04111986 Member

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    It was offered to the P&D a few years ago and it fell through as they didn't want it, would be nice to see it on load 13 up Goodrington though. It's also quite interesting that all of the operational SDR locos have been out on their travels this year
     
    Scorpian04111986, 22 jun 2010
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  6. arthur maunsell

    arthur maunsell Well-Known Member

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    350 K sounds quite reasonable to me for a working loco....
     
    arthur maunsell, 22 jun 2010
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  7. daveb

    daveb Member

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    Agreed. I wonder if the price includes the "spare parts kit", i.e. 2873?
     
    daveb, 24 jun 2010
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  8. Scorpian04111986

    Scorpian04111986 Member

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    A loco which will be working for 6 more years too and which has performed very well on the SDR and on the GWR as well i believe. As far as I know this is still buried deep at the far end of the north end of the site at Buckfastleigh as it isn't a lot to it wouold anyone want it??
     
    Scorpian04111986, 24 jun 2010
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  9. ADB968008

    ADB968008 Guest

    Maybe Nat Pres should buy it..
    7 of us with £50k would do it.
    then we'd have to take it on a tour of each of our lines :)
     
    ADB968008, 24 jun 2010
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  10. 61624

    61624 Part of the furniture

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    There's a number of railways that are short of steam locos and could make good use of this - E. Lancs, Churnet Valley spring immediately to mind, followed by some of the new generation lines that have little or no steam yet: Mid Norfolk, Weardale, Wensleydale etc, - so there shouldn't be a shortage of potential buyers but finance is likely to be the stumbling block. Unless a wealthy supporter of one of this type of line buys it I'd wager a mars bar it will go to one of the bigger outfits.
     
    61624, 24 jun 2010
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