tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post4175225714973567026..comments2023-08-22T16:18:38.393+01:00Comments on Rail Thing - Friends of the S&D: shillingstone remembers the pinesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-39383376602248754742012-09-11T19:59:39.213+01:002012-09-11T19:59:39.213+01:00Well, I did call at Shillingstone last Saturday an...Well, I did call at Shillingstone last Saturday and there were certainly quite a few visitors - but if they were doing anything 'special' to mark the occasion, then I missed it! Even the staff to whom I spoke seemed a bit vague about what - if anything - was going to happen other than the station being open. <br /><br />It would appear that there have been 'problems' there again recently and a number of people have left, taking with them many of the things which they had loanded/donated. Indeed, the signal-box has been stripped almost bare, except for the lever-frame, and now looks nothing like the pictures on their website.<br /><br />Let's hope the situation improves soon.<br /><br />I then went to look at Spetisbury - but it was impossible to park safely anywhere near the station, so I had to give that a miss :-(RailWesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084426856643483010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-24874596511675866012012-09-06T20:17:09.040+01:002012-09-06T20:17:09.040+01:00What I find suprising is that there is virtually n...What I find suprising is that there is virtually nothing about this on the NDRT's own website.<br /> <br />They were advertising a Special Event last week - when I rang the station to find out what was happening, the 'only man on duty' had no idea at all! Apparently also it was not possible to visit the signalbox because there was no one else available to unlock it and take people around.<br />He did not even know about the Sep 8th event until he found a poster on the wall and read it.<br />How can they hope to encourage visitors under such circumstances?RailWesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084426856643483010noreply@blogger.com