Remove the engine from site, despite Foxcote having its own shed at Llangollen, which we couldn't use because a certain 9F had to be inside...
I appreciate that Bob, that all fits with what I've heard from other sources.
This is factually inaccurate. The railway unfortunately did not advertise for a replacement CME, but promoted from within, despite a board...
The core business of all heritage railways is carrying families, everything else is welcome pocket money. Unfortunately the enthusiast market is...
The new Corwen station is actually in a very good position for the town, far better than the original station. Even if the original became...
There are really two approaches to bottom end work. One is to do everything at the ten year, including wheels out, tyres turned, horns and...
Very much agree with this, we are all in the same boat!
This is a great question. As I stated before the more miles you run between 10 year boiler lifts, the less the 10 year fixed costs hurts. (there...
Sorry I don't buy that at all. 7822 is paid a daily rate at the WSR and EMF manors are paid a daily rate at the SVR. Both have had a substantial...
I would suggest that 'run & repair' is a far greater financial liability for any railway. No locomotive on mileage or day rate earns enough, the...
This point hasn't previously been made perhaps because its nonsense? To give the SVR as just one example, privately owned locomotives include:...
Of course not, but that's the reality of how engines are stored while in ticket.
Usually outside, with water in the boiler, water in the tanks, coal in the bunker, smokebox full, old fire on the grate, ash in the ashpan, boiler...
Did you read my previous point about the fixed costs an engine incurs every 10 years, due to both statutory requirements and inevitable...
It's simple economics, railways don't have to pay what an engine requires to survive while there is an oversupply of engines. Additionally...
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