Collection X

Does she know?

 

I think you got a good deal there as I expected that to go for a lot more. I was very tempted to put a bid in, as I was for a footplate trip on one of their tanks although I could probably blag one off Will if I asked him nicely, but I still have doubts that I would be able to travel by then. The IoM Government stated last week that they do not expect that it will be until next September that they expect everybody over 50 will have been vaccinated in the IoM. I hope they are being pessimistic and are just trying to manage expectations in case there are any delays but I doubt travel restrictions will be lifted in a hurry.

 

I hope the VOR will have mentioned to her that they have started pimping her out for cash.

 

Yes I was expecting the prices to seriously jump up in the last few minutes but this did not appear to happen. I did expect I would have been outbid at the last moment.

Not sure the auction has caught the attention of many people or maybe it has come at the wrong time for people to feel confident shelling out large sums of money. I feel lucky to have remained employed all through this year but am not overly confident over what the future will hold.

 

Ah, "The Bearded Trespasser" as he is known on one forum - and that's the politest name he's called there...

 

It's videos like these that give others ideas on trespassing on Heritage Railway land and also adjoining privately owned land looking for artifacts, upsetting locals etc.
If permission was granted then fair enough, if not, it isn't good.

 

Heritage railway unveiling 'unseen' steam locomotive collection thought to be scrapped (UK)

 

I think if you go to the Vale of Rheidol website, you can now see much more about Collection X., it appears from Peter Rampton's book that he was willing to allow other groups to take on the restoration of the collection I am sure there area few that most of us can't wait to see in steam at some point.

 

Where on the website?

 

I looked on the website, I couldn't find much. Whereabouts did you find 'much more'?

 

There’s a listing of locos in the collection at:
https://vor.wales/engineshed/

Scroll to the bottom, it’s after the details of the current ‘museum’ locos. The table’s a bit hard to read (at least on my phone) as part of it’s over the background photo.

And some recent videos about Collection X on their YouTube including the news report entering the legendary shed at Peter Rampton’s farm: https://youtube.com/@rheidolrailway

 

Here is one link

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2293694191091917

 

There are a few errors in that list and for example the Indian CC loco is described as a 4-6-0 yet its a pacific, and the Gwalior loco's are described as Dabhoi Gwalior Railway but as far as I'm aware (and I visited Gwalior in 1982) Dabhoi is quite some distance away and had a large system of NG lines but was 2'6". . .