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green five liked 46203's post in the thread Flying Scotsman.
I have it the other way round. Colin Woods was i/c of the unit, Brian Penny was the 'mechanical examiner'. Both Brian (left) and boiler examiner Sam Foster (right), usually, if not always, appeared together for the 'in steam' exam. [ATTACH]
Oct 30, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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green five liked ianh's post in the thread Flying Scotsman.
That would have been Colin Woods...
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green five liked torgormaig's post in the thread Flying Scotsman.
Back in the '80s the much loved John Belwood was the Museum's CME. Assisting him were a small team of general workshop staff, together with Kim Malyon and Pete Pickering, who were funded by the Friends of the NRM. Also involved were a team of...
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green five liked Duty Druid's post in the thread Titanic Carriages.
Whilst things seem to be quiet, we haven't been, but obviously at the moment I cannot comment on any ongoing negotiations. Instead, we've had to be patient whilst changes to our constitution have been approved by the charities commision to...
Oct 30, 2024 at 12:45 PM -
green five liked Big Al's post in the thread RTC 2024.
It is a pity that we don't see Standard Class 5s on the main line as they are also a 'really useful engine'. View from 2.5 min if interested. [MEDIA]
Oct 29, 2024 at 6:09 PM -
green five liked 35B's post in the thread S&D Railway Trust.
I presume @brennan refers to the deficiencies in the lease that allowed arguments to develop about it's validity. They are highly technical, their interpretation is contentious, and were only relevant if the WSR plc had chosen to set aside the...
Oct 29, 2024 at 1:08 PM -
green five liked Big Al's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Just a 'heads up' message to please keep discussion on the WSR only and not whatever arrangements may or may not be in place for the overhaul of other locomotives. If it's to do with 53808 then please go to the SDRT thread.
Oct 29, 2024 at 1:05 PM -
green five liked 35B's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Precisely. And whilst there are risks in the current situation as @jma1009, @brennan and @1472 have pointed out, they are manageable and the S&DRT has shown every indication of having the organisational capacity to do so.
Oct 29, 2024 at 1:05 PM -
green five liked Cuckoo Line's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
There are several loco owning groups that are often loosely , (albeit some not e.g.Clan Line) attached to a railway that seem to successfully manage overhauls and there seem to be a number of organisations that will take on packets of work. Just...
Oct 29, 2024 at 1:05 PM -
green five liked martin1656's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
This should really be in the MHR section, but as we are discussing MHR overhaul queues, 35005, should be done by march 2025, The standard 4, possibly a year later, and 499 also some time in 2056-26, Now a lot of the members of the S&DMT,...
Oct 29, 2024 at 1:04 PM -
green five liked 35B's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
It's a trade-off; wait till all the money's available and it might never arrived, but start without it all, and you may be left with a half finished project. It's about balancing a range of risks. Given what the S&DRT have managed in the last 5...
Oct 29, 2024 at 1:04 PM -
green five liked Pete Thornhill's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
They seem to know what they are doing - https://www.sdrt.org/progress-with-53808-and-its-overhaul/
Oct 29, 2024 at 1:03 PM -
green five liked 35B's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Regardless of the rights and wrongs with 4422, I'm struggling with the idea that 53808 didn't "suit the needs of the WSR" given it's long and successful history there.
Oct 29, 2024 at 1:01 PM -
green five liked ghost's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
To be fair, the MHR decided to return 925 so any overhaul would not have been started. The workshops are currently working on the heavy overhauls of 35005 and 75079 and assisting the Urie group with the heavy overhaul of 499. They also recently...
Oct 29, 2024 at 1:01 PM -
green five liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
On the other hand, if MHR have a loco sat around with a pot of money to spend on it (or rather, a secure promise of staged payments), that might be a more inviting prospect than spending their own money which they may not have on one of their own...
Oct 29, 2024 at 1:00 PM
