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    BR Standard class 6 No. 72010 'Hengist' and Clan Discussion Thread

    I think my kids would have something to say if that suggestion were made. As a parent, I'm not sure I should condone the language they'd use,...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 19, 2021 at 4:17 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Lottery Dreams for investing in Heritage Railways

    Wootton, then. It'd be nice to see the WIBN Hayling Billy with T&T 9Fs...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 15, 2021 at 1:26 PM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Supervision and Administration of Locomotive Repair Contracts

    Precisely my thoughts. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
    Post by: 35B, Jan 14, 2021 at 10:59 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Supervision and Administration of Locomotive Repair Contracts

    Typcial accountants, knowing the price of all and value of nowt - a true penalty clause would be unenforceable;) The cheque is useful - and...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 14, 2021 at 6:16 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Supervision and Administration of Locomotive Repair Contracts

    Absolutely, which is what I was pointing to. One of the most important parts of my job is stopping those charged with delivering the services in...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 14, 2021 at 3:19 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Supervision and Administration of Locomotive Repair Contracts

    I disagree about the contract staying in the drawer. Most of it should, and it’s staying there depends on all understanding it well, but the...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 14, 2021 at 1:21 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    BR steam liveries

    One wonders, for consistency, should a zero really be placed in front the numbers of those identical copper capped things from Swindon? Sent...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 14, 2021 at 1:16 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Supervision and Administration of Locomotive Repair Contracts

    Hear, hear. One further observation, from the world of the large corporate. Disputes take time - often years - and cost a not very small fortune...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 14, 2021 at 10:54 AM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Supervision and Administration of Locomotive Repair Contracts

    I am a contract manager, with experience of working both supplier and customer side, but not in the railway or preservation sectors. The above is...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 12, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    It can stay there too... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
    Post by: 35B, Jan 10, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Great Central Railway General Matters

    I think there has always been a strong possibility of two operations meeting halfway, certainly for a while. Merging two organisations is not...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 8, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Great Central Railway General Matters

    The catch-22 is that the unification project has to see GCR(S) linked to the network for there to be an 18 mile railway. If work stops at the MML...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 8, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Isle of Wight Steam Railway

    Some projects do need the cold blast of reality, where the originator is clearly clueless. But there are others which have something about them...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 7, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Isle of Wight Steam Railway

    Sadly - because I’m no great lover of the Mk1 - I think you’ll find that pre-nationalisation stock was very much in the minority even in the early...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 6, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Steam Hoover

    Point of order, Kestrel was trialled in the late 1960s and managed 4000hp. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    Post by: 35B, Jan 6, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Isle of Wight Steam Railway

    No, I think we all understand the concept; even if we don't share the Hayling Island view of how WIBN should be quarantined. Both matter - there...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 6, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Steam Hoover

    But, and going back to the counter-factual nature of this thread, that demand was based on the presumption of forthcoming dieselisation - the...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 6, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Steam Hoover

    I saw a brief reference, but nothing about how it was provided.
    Post by: 35B, Jan 5, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Steam Hoover

    I don't know what the spec was, but they certainly did run regularly in pairs in that period. Repeating an earlier point, the 50s were also...
    Post by: 35B, Jan 5, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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