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Yea but the slight difference is the Wensleydale line got on with it, Weardale have been messing around for 10 years, they spent money on wagons to sell on after restoration. I want it to happen, but I have my doubts over the whole project.martinhodgson wrote:They managed it with the Wensleydale line!
I don't know if the pictures the BBC used were from a library or not, but the bulletin screened a few weeks (it have been a couple of months actuallyeddief wrote:I am from Bishop and know how bad the line is, we ran a steam train down it in 1993 and the track was awful then. 11 years can do a lot to wooden sleepers
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They have been relaying the line at some points, its about 18 miles long but the plan is to use the Wolsingham (this is where all the stock is at the old steel works) - Stanhope (the Weardale Railways headquarters is in the station), which is about 5-10 miles.Speedbird083 wrote:I don't know if the pictures the BBC used were from a library or not, but the bulletin screened a few weeks (it have been a couple of months actually
I don't know how long this line is, but those working on the track certaining didn't seem in much of a hurry
Note that we also took over a line that was still operated by Network Rail for the British Army (i am currently a guard, hopefully soon to start driver trainingeddief wrote:Yea but the slight difference is the Wensleydale line got on with it, Weardale have been messing around for 10 years, they spent money on wagons to sell on after restoration. I want it to happen, but I have my doubts over the whole project.martinhodgson wrote:They managed it with the Wensleydale line!
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