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    Saphos Trains

    Not quite correct. 60007 has usually taken its support coach on the Shrewsbury turns - apart from the one this week. It’s only the Kingswears that...
    Post by: 46229, Sep 2, 2023 in forum: What's Going On
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    This. The new reality is huge cost increases all round coupled with a parallel reduction in discretionary spend affecting revenue and galas will...
    Post by: 46229, Sep 1, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Saphos Trains

    It will be 70000 tomorrow.
    Post by: 46229, Jul 1, 2022 in forum: What's Going On
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    Atlantic Coast Express: RTC/Clan Line - 2/07/22

    The diesel will be required to haul the ECS back in to St David’s from Riverside Yard before departure to London via Taunton. Same diesel haulage...
    Post by: 46229, Jun 29, 2022 in forum: What's Going On
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    It demonstrates that some people on here don’t understand route availability and how it is calculated. Which isn’t just on axle loading - it also...
    Post by: 46229, Mar 31, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Just to clarify when quoting colour coded RAs, there is no such thing as a ‘Blue’ or ‘Red’ route anymore and hasn’t been since 1966 when the old...
    Post by: 46229, Jan 31, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Pretty much. Run trains and you have to take your staff off furlough and pay them yourself, re-activate all your overheads on a long railway (turn...
    Post by: 46229, Jun 25, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    A very good point that differentiates the SVR financially from most other railways. It doesn't need to make a profit through the operation of...
    Post by: 46229, Jun 25, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    This is the key point amongst all the noise. The WSR has never really been viable because it is just too long - the elephant in the room that all...
    Post by: 46229, Jun 25, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Completely disagree with that. With the benefit of hindsight, those railways that chose not to run made the right move in many cases. They were...
    Post by: 46229, Jun 25, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Minehead SB will require a full rewire as part of the works, so electrical supplies at that end of the SB at least will require disconnection......
    Post by: 46229, Apr 5, 2021 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    A few weeks? You do realise that public transport is still officially for ‘essential travel only’?And that the rate of infection in the UK is...
    Post by: 46229, Jun 17, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Too many people getting carried away with reopening euphoria although perhaps understandably. I don’t think there are any railways planning for a...
    Post by: 46229, Jun 16, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    While the wider duties of ROGS do not apply in sidings, some parts will, including coupling/uncoupling and maintenance/repairs to vehicles which...
    Post by: 46229, May 29, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    S&D Railway Trust

    Just to be clear, my comment was not about the current Board, which objectively seems to be made up of people with the right experience and...
    Post by: 46229, May 7, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    S&D Railway Trust

    That depends - i.e. on what the facts and objective lessons learned are. You learn from your experience. At the end of the day, it's the ORR who...
    Post by: 46229, May 7, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    S&D Railway Trust

    Indeed. Going forward into the 2020s, anyone without a good understanding of ROGS and a good grasp of what it means to operate to a fully...
    Post by: 46229, May 7, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    I hope not, but I think we are deluding ourselves in thinking that heritage railways will be operating public services by August. The more you...
    Post by: 46229, Apr 17, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Agree 100%. The GWSR carry on the front locomotive as do most other heritage railways now for very good reasons. The post further up criticising...
    Post by: 46229, Apr 13, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    Pretty much sums it up....
    Post by: 46229, Feb 24, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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