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NEW-BUILD PROJECTS
No.446
October 9 -
November 5
2015
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SPECIAL GALA COVERAGE
DUCK... OR
NO DUCK?
Gresley Society
presents its case
Barrow Hill,
SVR, Moors
RTC’s Bristol-Chester ‘The
Cheshireman’ on September 12
was booked for Bulleid No. 34067
Tangmere,
but passengers got ‘Black
Five’ No. 45231 ‘Sherwood Forester’
instead. It has reached Craven Arms.
ROY AVIS
Comment
We are failing in our duties
f you book on a main line steam
excursion, the minimum
requirement (a cliché borrowed
from the late comedian Peter
Cook) is that it should always
e hauled by a steam locomotive.
Other equally obvious expectations
are that it should successfully reach its
advertised destination, and deliver you to your
starting point broadly at the time you expect it.
Not too much to ask? It does seem so at the
moment, because one special after another is
being spoiled by a mechanical failure of some
description. This, on top of gauging issues which
mean that the advertised engine doesn’t appear,
is dragging our industry into some trouble. Is it
any wonder that empty seats are being noticed
in many of the coaches, and repeat bookers tell
us that they are channelling their funds into
other pleasant experiences such as low-cost sea
cruises? You don’t often hear of a Mediterranean
ship destined for Southampton leaving its
passengers stranded at the Port of Barcelona.
There are now serious challenges to the future
of the railtour business, at a time when our
operators are reeling nancially because so many
tours failed to run at the start of the year. More
time seemed to be spent refunding disappointed
passengers than selling them tickets.
Then there is the current uid nature of cash-
strapped Network Rail. I feel we are walking
rather close to a cliff edge. We are seen by some
as a rather tiresome distraction, blocking the
path (sic) of a highly regulated and therefore
inexible modern passenger and freight business
So, in the very rst instance, let’s stop messing
about and get our equipment into good order.
You would need to have been holidaying on
Mars for the last year to not be aware of the
furore over whether the statue of Sir Nigel
Gresley on the Western concourse of London’s
King’s Cross station should or should not be
accompanied by a mallard duck at his feet.
Steam Railway
readers continue to bombard
us with their views as to how the whole thing
can be resolved in peace and harmony. They
offer their own rather eccentric suggestions,
such as a hologram of a duck that is projected
on months with the letters L, N, E or R in them,
to polling the residents of Watton-at-Stone
(where Gresley lived and had a pond) or asking
Doncaster if it would agree to a second statue,
this time with the sociable bird rmly in place.
Looking forward, it is still difcult to see
where this all going to end, and I guess that
the two sides are privately accepting they have
not handled the situation particularly well.
The only up side is that we have demonstrated
how much untapped force there is in a
movement that many previously believed was
locked in the 1960s.
If we could divert the energy of our most
currently rattled senior enthusiasts and 2,000
Gresley statue petitioners to something more
constructive, the impossible could become
the possible… such as a statue of Sir William
Stanier bowing to a duchess next to a rebuilt
Euston Arch.
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Howard Johnston,
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A digital expert with
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His nger’s on the pulse
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Delivers the stories
that matter to you
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A senior gure in
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Narrow Gauge
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Industrial News
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Hedderly,
Top Link
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Copestake,
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Andrew Young
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NEWS
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Gresley Society - the duck response
)SVR
and Barrow Hill gala pictures
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New steam line for Sharpness
)Bluebell
makes lottery bid
)Steam
on Manchester’s Metrolink
NEW-BUILD NEWS
No. 45551
The Unknown Warrior
takes shape at Barrow Hill gala
INDUSTRIAL NEWS
IN THE WORKS
The rst Bulleid ‘Pacic’ overhaul at
Eastleigh since 1967
GALLERY
The most impressive images from
today’s top lineside photographers
MY STORY
Former BR man David Maidment tells
of a privileged journey
DOWN MAIN
Does running to Tweedbank lie ahead
for an overhauled
Flying Scotsman?
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TOP LINK
Duchess of Sutherland’s
performance
hauling the ‘Lakes Express’ to Crewe
RUNNING FREE
The depreciating value of rail literature
collections is on David Wilcock’s mind
MAILBAG
Doubt over
Royal Scot’s
identity
BOOK REVIEWS
The latest steam-related publications
BACK OF THE SHED
The challenging life of a BR freight clerk
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Ribble Steam Railway stable grows
NARROW GAUGE NEWS
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