FR & WHR & WHHR News

if the whhr pickering, that's very interesting, providing a new phase in whhr/fr co-operation. i believe that the vor van is currently being worked on quite extensively, so that'd have to be complete for g's farm services for this to happen. james apologies for no caps - one-hand typing!

 

The plan is the Pickering Brake is only in the set from the end of April until the event in June. The new Ashbury van 2 will be used after that. I expect this train is supposed to run with a double engine if one is available.

 

yes - understand. it'll make a very good addition to what is now a very nice rake. however, my concern was with the effect of its absence on whhr services. the other whhr passenger brake is under restoration. years ago the four-wheeled coach was converted to become, if necessary, an emergency passenger brake - if that is still possible, that may be a solution. i am sure that all this has been carefully considered by both organisations - my original post was designed to congratulate fr and whhr on this further co-operation. james

 

I hadn't realised it was dual braked! Definitely good to see the two railways working together, though. Let's hope it could pave the way for similiar collaborations in future. Russell on the Aberglaslyn trains, anyone?

 

IIRC the dual braking and able to be used on both railways was a condition of the sponsor.

 

i guess it may be an impossible dream - but imagine a future where both whhr and the soon-to-be-launched fr (nwngr) rakes were also dual-braked! the baldwin already is, of course, and i understand that gowrie will be as well.
and as far as russell on the aberglaslyn is concerned (above) - i believe that the main purpose of the siding at beddgelert when built was to accommodate such at-that-time-planned heritage services - though it's been out of use for several years, it could presumably be sorted out with little effort russell has been dual-braked in the past, although it was hard to find room for all the extra pipework (and such a course remains, of course, controversial) james (usual apologies for lack of caps)