Fully agree, thank you - but the '£300 per ton' didn't apply in this case - the ESR director apparently (he says) received no payment - just said 'get all...
Peter Pity he did not engage brain first and ask himself WHY those vehicles were at the Railway. Being generous, I assume he had little or no idea what they...
... Perhaps the prospect of a summons for what is, actually theft might focus the mind. The railway should remember that the directors are actually trustees,...
Peter Is there any chance they haven't been broken up by scrapman yet? Did they tell you which local scrap firm they used? Jonathan ... railway itself as I was...
A quick Yell.com search shows a few local scrap merchants as follows: Somerset Community Recycling Evercreech Junction, Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, Somerset...
Sad ! They were the best rail cars we built. John Ansell did a good job designing them and they were thought veru well of by the railway. We expected Rhodesia...
Hi All, I was lucky enough to have a number of trips on these fine machines in the late sixties/early seventies, and would agree with Jim Cooper that they were...
Hi Certainly up to 1988 there would have been no problem for our policy until I left, was always to provide spares, however, old the unit The engines were BTU...
Peter Yes, as Jim Cooper says, the Wickham records showed the engines as 2 x Leyland RE 680 of 155hp. Keith Gunner 2/8/08 ... From: Peter Bagshawe To:...
Well said Nick - a very sad state of affairs. Raises concerns over the many Trolleys at lines that seem to have given up on their Wickhams and have never had...
I have been reading the emails about the destruction of speeders in England by folks who should know better and I'll share a strange parallel from this side of...
All I thought it might be of interest the Wickham did business with Fairmont. We could no longer buy pressed steel wheels in the UK so some time around 1980 we...
Jim There is a Link to this Railcar in the Links section - see Lev 2. Also a previous message with the following Links: Various Links relating to LEV 2 Railbus...
... Thanks Jim That is really interesting. I was advised that NZR stopped buying wheels from Wickham as they were prone to cracking, and were not as durable. ...
... In the mid 1980s, the then government controlled ³australian national² railways was scrapping Fairmont cars at great rates. We were able to buy the best...
Pressed st wheels My memory fails as to exactly the reason for changing fron Sankey to Fairmont. We did have quality problems and Sankey found the qiantities...
All A little progress has been made over the last few days. I have today completed stripping down the four passenger chairs from 5864. In total I had to...
... -- Regards Nic "if you can dream it, you can do it" Walt Disney Re: Request to all Wickham Owners I am not an owner, but have been given the privilege of...
Thanks for the list Jonathan. I have now contacted all the likely ones of these, along with other yards I know of in the area, but no joy I'am afraid. As ESR...
Peter A personal view would be that this incident should be reported to the Heritage Railway Association and if that fails the local constabulary as the...
Update copied from Ontrackplant.com "Type 40 - 9040 - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Latest Update. I have already started on replacing the metal side panels...
Yes, I am in the process of writing to the HRA to place the matter on record, although I do not expect to have too sympathetic a reply. After all, they were...
Peter, The ESR allegedly dispose of property belonging to a third party and then refuse to assist in helping to identify where its gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There...
Peter You have not only the support of the WoWG, but also, I am sure, those who have the future of Wickham and other railcar preservation in mind. The loss of...
Ive read this below ,but did you have a written running agreement, when was the last time you worked on them and did it have a nice new untorn sheet over...
Bruce Although I realise from a legal / formal standpoint some of these might be "must haves", a lot of railways still house equipment on a gentlemen's...
To which I would add ,did you pay rent and if not why not ..if you did pay rent did you ask for and keep the receipts.Get your act together ..I was one of the...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
