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West Somerset Railway General Discussion

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by gwr4090, Nov 15, 2007.

  1. Paul Kibbey

    Paul Kibbey Well-Known Member

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    Simples .
     
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    Thought it was a compound;)

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  3. Robin Moira White

    Robin Moira White Resident of Nat Pres

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    West Somerset Railway - Then and Now #131

    Washford 1961 / 2017

    The station building, looking east with a down passenger train running in.

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    2017
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  4. paulhitch

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    Now that's good. Neat and tidy and not overdone.

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    I knew there was a sense of humour in there somewhere!!! :)
     
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    Very much so, although I think the good people who look after the WSR stations could be forgiven for wanting to add a little 'theatre' in the form of platform props. :)
     
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    Not to this extent though! Taken a couple of years ago at a gala. No thought at all, totally ignored the guard on one train shouting for them to be moved back. 3 times the S&D safety officer removed these, each time they reappeared ... thankfully the chap responsible is now a TTI ... Studio_20171120_074900.jpg Studio_20171120_074750.jpg
     

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    If too much extraneous hazards I would be tempted to load them in my van and leave them at the next station, off the platform.
     
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    I thought you were talking about the other photographers who were getting in the way of your shot for a moment there... :Rage: ;)
     
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    torgormaig Part of the furniture Friend

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    I'm not sure what (or whom) he's talking about. It all looks safe enough to me.

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  12. paulhitch

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    It's not very wide and gricers can be the daftest humans on the planet.

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    Why on earth is an ex-GWR station painted in BR Southern Region green and cream? (I'm asking for a friend.)
     
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    Fair point, it’s the home of the S&D Railway Trust so as they have ‘adopted’ the station it’s been painted into S&D (Southern) colours to suit their displays, museum and stock. My main experience of it is passing through on the footplate so I see it often, it’s always very neat and tidy, grass cut nicely and always presented very well as indeed are most of the stations on the line who each have their own groups to look after them.
     
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    I'm guessing it's the Milk Churn... ?
     
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    Meg Gooch (K&ESR Catering Manager) and Andre Freeman (K&ESR Commercial Manager) who are on holiday in the West Country called in at Bishops Lydeard today to talk 'dining trains' with Barrie and Dee Childs who manage the WSR 'Quantock Belle'.

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    Indeed it is, but in our age of universal paranoia, am I the only one imagining sirens, flashing lights, armed police, a day's lost revenue and a controlled explosion?
     
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    Take a closer look. Kilmersdon is involved shunting operations on the line the rubber neckers are standing next to. They should be nowhere near there and have been warned repeatedly. They should have been removed from the station and any tickets confiscated.
     
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    I can help with the controlled explosion...

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    Mentos and Diet Coke? ... or does the WSR have a large secret stash of detonators? :D
     
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