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Matt78 liked thb17's post in the thread The Gwili Railway thread.

Class! Riches of motive power. Some times little things like that make you realise how far the railway has come.

Matt78 replied to the thread The Gwili Railway thread.

Late change in the roster, L150 will be out now over the weekend.

Matt78 replied to the thread The Gwili Railway thread.

yes, we expect that steam will return on Sunday with Haulwen doing the honours. Matt

Matt78 liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

Back to steam for the bank holiday weekend! We've had a good lot of rain over the last 24 hours with more forecast, some quite impressive thunderstorms too. I understand it'll be the two 2-8-0s out to start with, seen as the safest to begin with.

Matt78 replied to the thread The Gwili Railway thread.

there may be hope then! Matters are under regular review. Matt

Matt78 liked Steve's post in the thread The Gwili Railway thread.

The Natural England fire severity index says you should be Ok by the weekend. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/328554206f114fc98c707bfc1b880cf7

Matt78 replied to the thread The Gwili Railway thread.

it’s still tinder dry. Both Haulwen and L150 are good to go but they won’t be moving until we have more rain. Matt

Matt78 replied to the thread The Gwili Railway thread.

not looking hopeful at the moment sadly. Matt

Matt78 liked GWJ's post in the thread The Gwili Railway thread.

Visited yesterday - due to the fire risk the 03 was the motive power for our 4 coach train which ran as far as Llwyfan Cerrig. Apparently it had difficulty reaching 4th gear and we pootled along at about 15mph. At Llwyfan Cerrig the engine...

Matt78 liked acorb's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

I think everyone is on the same sheet here. For too long Mk 1s have been cinderella vehicles and 30 years ago there was a good supply, so if one got a bit tired you could easily get another in reasonable condition. As @Bikermike says that supply...

Matt78 replied to the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

to respond to the “rude” paragraph…. the point I was making is that many MK1’s have beeen in service for 30 years (plus) on some heritage lines without major repairs. Case in point our TSO 4420 - arrived in 1993 and in constant use since...

Matt78 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

The point about Mark 1s coming to the end of their BR life has been made sporadically on the forum over the last few years (I know I have raised it a few times (*)) There is a looming issue that railways are not putting enough into carriage...

Matt78 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

Yes, I'd heard similar figures on the Bluebell - and as you say, that is just for getting some stuff attended to externally, we still do significant work ourselves once they come back. Agreed. At the Bluebell we do trimming work as a contract...

Matt78 replied to the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

Repairing carriages on a contract basis is expensive. We have spent a six figure sum on 2 MK1’s which were both operating prior to repairs. In both cases we could have done even more work to them. Many MK1’s are coming to the end of their...