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  1. andy999
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    The Brighton Belle

    To be honest that's a fairly minimal cost compared to the cost of restoring the whole train. If they can raise the money to restore 5 coaches then...
    Post by: andy999, Jun 10, 2009 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    Isle of Wight- Strategic Vision

    Exactly. When the IOW units are withdrawn I would have thought the LT musuem would only be interested in them for spare parts for their restored...
    Post by: andy999, Jun 7, 2009 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Isle of Wight- Strategic Vision

    At one point there was a plan to replace the trains with 1972 tube stock, when it becomes redundant in London in about 5 years. I have a feeling...
    Post by: andy999, Jun 2, 2009 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Isle of Wight- Strategic Vision

    Sounds a good idea. A few years ago the steam railway hired it's class 03 and a couple of wagons to island line for maintanance work. They had to...
    Post by: andy999, Jun 1, 2009 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  6. andy999
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    Isle of Wight- Strategic Vision

    Yes that's the theory behind the plan to extend to Ryde. It would still require some track work and resignalling so that the steam trains could...
    Post by: andy999, May 29, 2009 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Isle of Wight- Strategic Vision

    The Terrier on the Spa Valley Railway, and one of the KESR Terriers were used on the IOW in SR days. No doubt the IOWSR would like to get their...
    Post by: andy999, May 28, 2009 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Isle of Wight- Strategic Vision

    I think the reasoning is it would give their trains a longer run, but at less cost than extending the line to Whippingham or Newport. No filled in...
    Post by: andy999, May 28, 2009 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  9. andy999
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    Isle of Wight- Strategic Vision

    What about the extension to Newport that has been talked about in the past? Is that still a possibility?
    Post by: andy999, May 28, 2009 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    48624

    Very nice. Makes a very pleasant change from being yet another loco in BR livery.
    Post by: andy999, Apr 26, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Frank D Roservelt at the MHR?

    It left the railway several years ago. I believe it is stored in Portland, at the same place as 35018.
    Post by: andy999, Apr 4, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Swanage branch to be electrified

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... s-cut.html Do they know something we don't? Read the last line.
    Thread by: andy999, Mar 31, 2009, 18 replies, in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Class 60 Preservation Group Sponsored Walk 2009

    Being relatively new, I'd imagine you'd have to outbid foreign railway companies and other UK operators if you want to buy one. That's if they...
    Post by: andy999, Mar 17, 2009 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    48624

    Agreed. However some people are reading too much into this. Just because it has a bit of red primer on at the moment does not mean it's going to...
    Post by: andy999, Mar 9, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    The Purbeck Pioneer...

    Yes there was talk of doing this, so Tangmere could be turned on the Swanage turntable. I don't think the modification was ever done though.
    Post by: andy999, Jan 30, 2009 in forum: What's Going On
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    Question re SWT's 3417

    Some interesting wording on the Bluebell website about this: Rather than 'being stored at Eastleigh' or something similar. and.... Rather...
    Post by: andy999, Jan 27, 2009 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    Question re SWT's 3417

    It makes you wonder what the Bluebell actually want 3417 for? The idea of having it on display at EG to publicise the extension made sense, but...
    Post by: andy999, Jan 23, 2009 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    2874

    I don't think it's so much that the WSR see a Manor as more appropriate that 2874. It probably has more to do with the fact that 7821 is a...
    Post by: andy999, Jan 23, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Question re SWT's 3417

    Until the Blubell open the extension to EG, a timescale of 2 years has been talked about although that may be a bit optimisitc. After that 3417...
    Post by: andy999, Jan 21, 2009 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    Question re SWT's 3417

    What would be the point in doing either of those things?! The VEP is there as a source of publicity for the extension, and to give the Bluebell a...
    Post by: andy999, Jan 18, 2009 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    Those cut at Woodham's...

    Probably because he could get more money by selling the egnines as they were to preservationists, rather than the scrap value he got after paying...
    Post by: andy999, Jan 18, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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