tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post5748635382629366902..comments2023-08-22T16:18:38.393+01:00Comments on Rail Thing - Friends of the S&D: when heritage rail meets peak oilUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-87656283483587514342010-09-01T12:09:11.810+01:002010-09-01T12:09:11.810+01:00You need to record all the "it will never hap...You need to record all the "it will never happen" messages. I wonder what people said when a start was made on the WSR? Probably the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-61022221734769574272010-09-01T11:21:12.970+01:002010-09-01T11:21:12.970+01:00Fact One: There are more passenger miles being tr...Fact One: There are more passenger miles being travelled by train in this country than ever before.<br /><br />Fact Two: The number of working boats at the canals' peak was a fraction of the number of pleasure craft there are now.<br /><br />Good luck from the Peak District where we have high hopes of Peak Rail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-6966017934292610712010-08-30T22:18:21.944+01:002010-08-30T22:18:21.944+01:00I hoped to get to the Shillingstone EGM but in the...I hoped to get to the Shillingstone EGM but in the event couldn't make it as we had family visiting that weekend. I would hope that things are back on track there now.<br /><br />With regard to Swanage - the more time I spend there the more professional the whole setup appears to be. To say that they are commercially aware and looking to grow to meet the needs of the future is if anything a great understatement.Anna Metcalfenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-10731149936959832132010-08-30T10:02:33.095+01:002010-08-30T10:02:33.095+01:00Anyone who doubts what you say should go to Settle...Anyone who doubts what you say should go to Settle, where you can see a preservation standard station on the national network and providing excellent facilities - unlike Keynsham and similar stations round here.Freddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-33413902517752155822010-08-30T09:18:48.021+01:002010-08-30T09:18:48.021+01:00You will always have people who dont believe that ...You will always have people who dont believe that things greater and bigger than erecting a garden fence are possible. These are a very exclusive and widespread group of people I know as 'The Defeatests'. And ofcourse, when somebody didnt think of the idea first, they will always put it down. If your in any doubt about the whole route getting re laid, go onto you tube and type in (FLANDER AND SWAN, THE SLOW TRAIN). Have a listen to this and tell me your still not determined to get the whole s&d back.Steve Overthrownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-5696621873437594882010-08-29T20:56:18.196+01:002010-08-29T20:56:18.196+01:00There would appear to be support at Shillingstone,...There would appear to be support at Shillingstone, BBC South Today on thursday 26/08 had a very good item from there where the suggestion was that the eventual aim was that the whole line should be brought back into use.Geoffnoreply@blogger.com