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  1. DCSA
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    East Midlands Railway Trust/GCR (Nottingham)

    At least as importantly there was also major shakeup in the leadership (both overt and covert) of the GCR. The malign influence which the previous...
    Post by: DCSA, Jan 31, 2023 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    East Midlands Railway Trust/GCR (Nottingham)

    Personally I won’t be making any further contributions until I see a sensible, thought-through proposal for running a meaningful service across a...
    Post by: DCSA, Dec 27, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    East Midlands Railway Trust/GCR (Nottingham)

    It isnt even remotely close. The only thing thats closer is Loughborough sucesfully pinching the main line connection off of Ruddington Nothing...
    Post by: DCSA, Dec 24, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    Trust me, it will speed up unification. Michael Gregory had zero, zip, nada interest in reunification or running a preserved railway north of the...
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 20, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    To be fair to him, Michael Gregory was more than the MD, he WAS Cromwell Tools. He literally built it up from nothing, and made it into a...
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 20, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    That’s the nice thing though. Money may give you leave to act like a spoiled child, but it can’t always do everything. It appears that in this...
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 20, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    I’d be very interested to know where you heard “the other side” from, and indeed what “the other side” is.
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 20, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    Quite the “coincidence” I agree.
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 20, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    The GC asked him, politely, if he would mind behaving in a way that was appropriate to his official role - their Honorary President. They...
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 20, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    Where did he post that please? Nothing I can see to that effect on his profile page, where he has beem posting his updates on the situation.
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 20, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    Utterly incorrect, where on earth did you get this “nugget” from? Nobody asked Michael Gregory to remove his locos, so far as anyone was aware...
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 20, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    That’s far more likely than any benevolent feeling towards the 47xx Fund. I don’t imagine that Mr Gregory is a very good loser.
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 18, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    I wouldn’t bank on that. This loco is not being sold because the vendor needs the money, they have chosen to sell it specifically to these...
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 18, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    I don’t see how you arrive at that conclusion Al, Michael Gregory has a listed personal fortune around the £500m mark. I don’t see him, or his...
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 16, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    Fingers crossed, but I suspect that much depends on how intransigent Michael Gregory is feeling, and how determined he is to ensure that the GCR...
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 14, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    It is, as you say, an assumption that they paid in the region of £300k. It would make more sense if they had paid significantly less than that...
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 13, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    That supposes that the owner sold it for its market value, or close to it.
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 12, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    I’m given to understand that he tried to buy 70013 off the NRM, and then, when this was refused, in a fit of pique attempted to destroy the...
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 12, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    Regrettably retirement has not mellowed him at all. You’ll perhaps find it gratifyingly ironic that he was effectively given the same ultimatum...
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 12, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    Perhaps such an individual was discouraged from making an expression of their interest by the (presumably) official statement made in the Jul/Aug...
    Post by: DCSA, Aug 12, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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