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West Somerset Railway General Discussion

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

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  1. Monkey Magic

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    Well everything is upside down there anyway :) and good to see left handed machines, no doubt the right handed machines give them a hard time
     
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    No, that happens after you eat it...
     
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    I have never seen such a load of rubbish on this thread that has absolutely nothing to do with the WSR or any other heritage railway, if this is the mentality of the posters it is seriously worrying.

    DJB.
     
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    I thought I'd heard about double fillings. Eat the meat part first and then the apple for afters, using the crust to hold it and keep the main part of the pasty clean. Since you'd normally eat away from you, that would mean if you were left handed you'd want the meat at the other end.

    See? Left handed pasties....
     
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    Says a lot about the mentality of most of the WSR, TBQF,
     
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  6. West Somerset Wizard

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    Thank goodness the "mentality of most of the WSR" is not revealed through this forum - after all, the majority of the posters on this thread seem not to be WSR people ;)

    Steve
     
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    So, what do you think is the correct way to handle things to get back to a society which is more 'civilized' - say that of 50 years ago? (This is not a wind-up, I'm genuinely curious as to how you would proceed.) As we've seen with incidents at the NYMR, etc vandalism is a serious problem for heritage railways, along with everyone else.

    Noel
     
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  8. flying scotsman123

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    Fair question, simply answer is "I dunno!" All I do know is that knee-jerk reactions shouldn't be a basis for punishments, beyond that, it's beyond me too.
     
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    Can we have a picture of a Danish Whirl made by you and one made by your wife?
     
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    No mainline shuttle Tau-BL for diesel gala then, shame.
     
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    This morning (Friday) 1015 BL-MD is Class 33 vice steam.

    Sorry to post actual operational news o_O
     
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    Is there an ecs for the western 2moro please. cant wait to see clanline.
     
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  13. West Somerset Wizard

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    D1010 will travel light from Williton to Lydeard in the morn (usual practice)

    Steve
     
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    Unforgiveable lapse, and you didnt even have the decency to so much as mention pastries of some form! No cake for you at teatime.
     
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    We'll let you off once - just post something about pasties, cream teas and cider next time! ;)

    Steven
     
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    Apparently because of lack of available steam, yet 7828 left BL before 1000 on a SEC turn. Not sure the priorities are right here, nor is it good PR.
     
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    Its a bit tricky to do an Steam Experience turn on a diesel, and actually a sizeable chunk of the ordinary paying passengers are no longer as concerned about a box on their train as long as they see a steam engine at some point. Seems like the right priority to me.
     
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    a sizeable chunk of the ordinary paying passengers are no longer as concerned about a box on their train

    Can you evidence that?
     
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    ..... coz there's a mint to be made if you can! :Spiderman:
     
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    I wonder. On my last visit at the December gala, all the steam hauled trains I travelled on/saw had a good 200/250 people on. The DMU (which was doing one of the diagrams due to a steam failure) never had more than 30 people on....
     
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