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European Railroad Discussion > Llangollen Railway calls in the receiversDate: 03/02/21 02:08 Llangollen Railway calls in the receivers Author: 86235 Bad news for the heritage railway sector
https://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR3JmyqgsPlCr-SqOr_81WHigTN0lwsPVLyyIITDUctMbyUQ7aSralde4K0 Not entirely clear what the dispute referenced is about, and the losses for the last three years are pretty eye watering, so it's not solely due to Covid, but even so it's a sad day. Date: 03/02/21 15:33 Re: Llangollen Railway calls in the receivers Author: wpamtk Very sad to hear. I rode their train back in 2012 and was very taken with how it was such an integral part of the town and countryside. I hope they can work things out.
Date: 03/02/21 18:46 Re: Llangollen Railway calls in the receivers Author: dwatry Didn't know there was a Welsh steam railway that was standard gauge! Sorry to hear about this.
Date: 03/02/21 21:13 Re: Llangollen Railway calls in the receivers Author: gbmott Didn't they just open, or were about to open, the extension into Corwen?
Gordon Date: 03/03/21 09:06 Re: Llangollen Railway calls in the receivers Author: 55002 I think from previous magazine articles, they have grossly underquoted for work in their engineering division, and quality control was sadly lacking. Their work for 5551 The Unknown Warrior was open to dispute, and the loco was removed. Similarly for the D49 overhaul. All these projects lost the ELR many thousands. chris uk.
Date: 03/03/21 09:18 Re: Llangollen Railway calls in the receivers Author: 86235 gbmott Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Didn't they just open, or were about to open, the > extension into Corwen? > > Gordon Yes, recently opened but there was a dispute about that as well. Something to do with the cast iron platform canopy supports. Date: 03/03/21 10:05 Re: Llangollen Railway calls in the receivers Author: 86235 dwatry Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Didn't know there was a Welsh steam railway that > was standard gauge! Sorry to hear about this. There are at least two other operational standard gauge heritage railways in Wales plus one or two others in the "start up" phase. The Gwili Railway near Carmarthen in West Wales https://gwili-railway.co.uk/#2 The Pontypool and Blaenavon which is within the Blaenavon World Heritage Site, about six miles south of Abergavenny and 15 miles north of Newport. https://www.bhrailway.co.uk/ Date: 03/04/21 19:34 Re: Llangollen Railway calls in the receivers Author: Peak45068 86235 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > dwatry Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Didn't know there was a Welsh steam railway > that > > was standard gauge! Sorry to hear about this. > > There are at least two other operational standard > gauge heritage railways in Wales plus one or two > others in the "start up" phase. > > The Gwili Railway near Carmarthen in West Wales > > https://gwili-railway.co.uk/#2 > > The Pontypool and Blaenavon which is within the > Blaenavon World Heritage Site, about six miles > south of Abergavenny and 15 miles north of > Newport. > > https://www.bhrailway.co.uk/ Don’t forget the Llanelli Mynydd Mawr Railway based at Cynheidre which has added 142006 to its fleet. Posted from iPhone Date: 03/05/21 02:36 Re: Llangollen Railway calls in the receivers Author: 86235 Peak45068 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Don’t forget the Llanelli Mynydd Mawr Railway > based at Cynheidre which has added 142006 to its > fleet. I'd included them in the "start up" phase lines as I don't think they are operational yet, even those they've got a TfW 142. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/21 02:46 by 86235. |