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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. Thompson1706

    Thompson1706 Part of the furniture

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    Prophets of doom have moved to Yorkshire - keep up !

    Bob.
     
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    Well, there was that recent appeal for badly-needed funds. (Some lines have had to go that route, but not all.)

    Noel
     
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    I seem to recall repeated claims that the WSR needed the odd half million or so every year for a backlog of maintenance, without which it would have to close; no reports of any such moneys being received; and yet the railway apparently still running happily today. One of the criticisms of the management (besides the serious one of treating the S&D Trust and some of the volunteers like muck) was speaking with forked tongue. If all is fine and dandy now, the claims about needing all that cash would seem to have been porkies.
     
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    Something must have happened there, it was only a few years ago they had to run smaller locos for weight restrictions and now this year has seen 2 weekends with an A4 out. From Manors at 17.5T to A4's at 22T is a bit of a change, given Raveningham Hall went to the SVR as it was too heavy
     
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    Some of you must be really bored in this hot weather if all you have to do is raise issues from the past. Move on.
     
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    Yes, something has happened! A few years ago weight restrictions were introduced due to rail wear. Those rails have now been replaced so larger locos can run again.
     
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