If you register, you can do a lot more. And become an active part of our growing community. You'll have access to hidden forums, and enjoy the ability of replying and starting conversations.

West Somerset Railway General Discussion

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

  1. daveb

    daveb Member

    Joined:
    Sep 5, 2005
    Messages:
    943
    Likes Received:
    484
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Wimborne, Dorset
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    As Companies House has the dates as 23/09 and the announcement was of the retirements was 23/10, I'm inclined to agree that this was probably a cock-up. I also agree that the re-purposing of a planned resignation looks underhand.
     
    ross, Bionic_Woman, 35B and 1 other person like this.
  2. flying scotsman123

    flying scotsman123 Resident of Nat Pres

    Joined:
    Sep 9, 2013
    Messages:
    10,440
    Likes Received:
    17,940
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Cheltenham
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    That's a non-answer and you know it.
     
    jnc and nanstallon like this.
  3. Mike Birch

    Mike Birch New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 15, 2018
    Messages:
    63
    Likes Received:
    82
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Oxfordshire
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    The latest DEPG update has some hopefully encouraging news in this respect (https://depg.org/week-ending-15-nov-20/)

    "The survey and immediate safety-related work is being funded by a£30,000 allocation from the Government’s ‘Cultural Recovery Fund for Heritage’ and is being managed by WSR Lead Civil Engineer Andrew Young" .
     
  4. Sidmouth

    Sidmouth Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 12, 2005
    Messages:
    9,635
    Likes Received:
    8,303
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Alderan !
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    Sorry but clerical error is not an excuse . Directors have responsibilities , LEGAL responsibilities that failure to conduct can lead to penalties . were they or not in office ?
     
    Grumpy gramps and 35B like this.
  5. RailWest

    RailWest Part of the furniture

    Joined:
    Dec 7, 2011
    Messages:
    3,803
    Likes Received:
    7,439
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    West Country
    Perhaps the question to be asked is - did the person at the WSSRT who was responsible for sending the necessary documents to Companies House actually check later to ensure that (a) they had been posted and (b) posted corrected, and if not why not?
     
    jnc likes this.
  6. nanstallon

    nanstallon Part of the furniture

    Joined:
    Sep 8, 2005
    Messages:
    4,323
    Likes Received:
    2,397
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired
    Location:
    Westcountry
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    At last, something positive getting done on the Railway, apart from the hand weeding by volunteers who at least were helping the situation as best they could. I'm looking forward to a trip behind D9526, happy memories of it being quite a regular back in the early 1980s. I hope that trip will be on the WSR.
     
    Mike Birch likes this.
  7. martin1656

    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

    Joined:
    Dec 8, 2014
    Messages:
    17,609
    Likes Received:
    11,222
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    St Leonards
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    doesn't the last umteen posts, claims and counter claims, just go to show just how things have deteriorated? when trustees use underhand methods to block change, what does that say of the rotten organisations involved? It is said that a fish rots from the head down, so with that in mind, there is an awful stench about those in charge at the WSR.
     
  8. 35B

    35B Nat Pres stalwart

    Joined:
    Jun 18, 2011
    Messages:
    25,490
    Likes Received:
    23,719
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Grantham
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    On turnover, there is also (as @aldfort has regularly commented) the issue of having recruits available in the first place.
     
  9. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

    Joined:
    May 30, 2009
    Messages:
    21,064
    Likes Received:
    20,773
    Location:
    1016
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Here's a thought for the future.

    The WSR has been in the habit of allowing visiting main line locomotives that arrive on charters to run along the line to Minehead. Sometimes the main line loco has come off at BL and a WSR loco has taken the train forward.

    I'd be very surprised if any main line loco owner will allow their engine to trundle beyond BL if and when the line opens fully. There is too much at stake, I would suggest, to allow a 7/8P along a rural branch line with infrastructure work needed.
     
    ross and Paulthehitch like this.
  10. martin1656

    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

    Joined:
    Dec 8, 2014
    Messages:
    17,609
    Likes Received:
    11,222
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    St Leonards
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Won't most be now over the axle loading weight anyway? if a Hall is too heavy, then I can't think of any mainline loco, other than a black 5 that would be with in a GWR blue route.
     
  11. malcolm imps

    malcolm imps New Member

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2016
    Messages:
    175
    Likes Received:
    504
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Hillman Imp Specialist
    Location:
    norton fitzwarren
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    Not everything that goes on with track work, etc ..goes on here to be pulled apart, who have never been to the WSR it seems to us ??.....Vol PW gang are always out Sunday's & odd Monday's
    IMG_9799[1].JPG IMG_9802[1].JPG ....
     
    Last edited: Nov 17, 2020
  12. flying scotsman123

    flying scotsman123 Resident of Nat Pres

    Joined:
    Sep 9, 2013
    Messages:
    10,440
    Likes Received:
    17,940
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Cheltenham
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    No one's ever dissed or pulled apart work by p'way gangs...
     
  13. Piggy

    Piggy Member

    Joined:
    Feb 28, 2020
    Messages:
    250
    Likes Received:
    327
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Somerset
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    You mean less of a chair, more like a stool ... ?
     
    Monkey Magic likes this.
  14. ikcdab

    ikcdab Member Friend

    Joined:
    Dec 12, 2006
    Messages:
    610
    Likes Received:
    1,849
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    WSRHT Trustee, Journal editor
    Location:
    Taunton
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    Chris and David both resigned on 23 October. Any other date mentioned is mistake.
    Ian
     
    Triumph 2500S likes this.
  15. City of truro fan

    City of truro fan Member

    Joined:
    Nov 29, 2015
    Messages:
    783
    Likes Received:
    84
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Honiton
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Everyone is human. We was constantly asking a friend if they had got there birthday card and a month later we found it under some letters as we both thought each other had posted it. So sometimes mistakes happen. But I still disagree with them on how they did the weeding that was bad managers
     
  16. ikcdab

    ikcdab Member Friend

    Joined:
    Dec 12, 2006
    Messages:
    610
    Likes Received:
    1,849
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    WSRHT Trustee, Journal editor
    Location:
    Taunton
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    Again, to clear up a misunderstanding. Chris had suggested resigning earlier in the year. I don't remember when but as it was at a physical meeting it was pre-covid. However, he was persuaded not to resign by various senior people around the railway.
    Therefore any suggestion that he "re-purposed" his resignation is fanciful in the extreme and completely wrong. If it hadn't been for the letter threatening to report to the police, then he would still be chairman.
    Ian Coleby.
     
  17. rodders154

    rodders154 Member

    Joined:
    Aug 18, 2005
    Messages:
    680
    Likes Received:
    770
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired Grumpy old man
    Location:
    Yeovil
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    I understand Brian you need to find fault after Saturdays election result but most on here do seem to agree that Cock up rather than conspiracy
     
    Triumph 2500S likes this.
  18. Sidmouth

    Sidmouth Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 12, 2005
    Messages:
    9,635
    Likes Received:
    8,303
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Alderan !
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    Thank you @ikcdab I trust the individual responsible for a somewhat fundamental error will now be subject to staff management processes to enable them to do the job better ...


    I trust also you understand that whilst in isolation mistakes do happen , given the scrutiny the WSR is under mistakes like this continue to give the impression of an organisation that is not in control
     
    35B likes this.
  19. martin1656

    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

    Joined:
    Dec 8, 2014
    Messages:
    17,609
    Likes Received:
    11,222
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    St Leonards
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Cock up rather than conspiricy ?? And you say the PLC are the only act in town, Are they A Brian Rix tribute? a farce? its hardly a thing to be proud of, yet here we go once more round the magic roundabout that is the WSR,
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 17, 2020
  20. City of truro fan

    City of truro fan Member

    Joined:
    Nov 29, 2015
    Messages:
    783
    Likes Received:
    84
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Honiton
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Was diniford halt always there? Or a new one?
     

Share This Page