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  1. 35B gefällt 62440s Beitrag in dem Thema West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    Ah yes, this may well work in practice but will it work in theory?

    14 Mai 2026 um 20:02

  2. 35B gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    I can't help thinking you are seeing problems where none need exist. For example - the railway knows it needs to overhaul a loco, and has the capability to do so in its own workshop, but no budget. Support charity raises money from an appeal and...

    14 Mai 2026 um 19:45

  3. 35B antwortete auf das Thema West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    The "oh dear" is that WSR need to run an appeal. The wider discussion is both specific to the organisational structures in West Somerset (relatively unusual in preservation and discussed exhaustively before), and general in respect of the wider...

    14 Mai 2026 um 16:38

  4. 35B antwortete auf das Thema West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    If they really don't have spending priorities, even for opex on their vehicles, then things are worse than the appeal to shareholders would imply.

    14 Mai 2026 um 14:53

  5. 35B gefällt johnofwessexs Beitrag in dem Thema West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    Hypothetically though The WSR Board identifies the annual loss They then look at what they need to spend money on So having identified a need to spend say £100K on carriage maintenance & improvement they approach the WSRA asking if they can...

    14 Mai 2026 um 14:40

  6. 35B antwortete auf das Thema West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    Which has always been a given in my view of this situation. As the boundary between those two is almost infinitely flexible, and payments towards getting stuff done free up cash for day to day running, it should be possible to find a way to...

    14 Mai 2026 um 13:31

  7. 35B antwortete auf das Thema West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    Agains, there are two separate issues here which should not be conflated. One is about the underlying structure. If you're talking about general funding support, then I agree that this potential exists and is a reason to try to rationalise the...

    14 Mai 2026 um 13:05
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