Heritage Railways Chopped?

[Mouthpiece]

4 hours ago, littlebushy said:

Director of Public Transport Ian Longworth said:

‘The arrival of the new locomotive went very smoothly. The plan the Railways’ team put together went perfectly to schedule and the American engineers will arrive tomorrow to start the commissioning process.’ 

And I’m sure he drove past me this morning driving one of the millions of Sprinters he bought when he was in charge. He’s like the taxpayer funded turd that won’t flush.

[CallMeCurious]

19 minutes ago, Mouthpiece said:

And I’m sure he drove past me this morning driving one of the millions of Sprinters he bought when he was in charge. He’s like the taxpayer funded turd that won’t flush.

Nice to get a trip to the USA on the taxpayers dime to by a green lemon.

[Two-lane]

1 hour ago, CallMeCurious said:

Nice to get a trip to the USA on the taxpayers dime to by a green lemon

He had a trip to Switzerland to find out mountain railways work.

 

[code99]

22 hours ago, 2112 said:

I can only assume that the Cabbage didn’t come with any guarantee (other than a guarantee that something will go wrong), or warranty? They may have well have bought it from Derek Trotter.

or Arthur Daley

[2112]

7 minutes ago, code99 said:

or Arthur Daley

Good little runner, only one owner.

[Two-lane]

1 minute ago, 2112 said:

Good little runner, only one owner

Don't forget the low mileage.

 

[Len Trench]

Me and Mrs Trench had an enjoyable Christmas lunch on the steam train to Castletown today. Food was fine. As was the brief sojourn in The Sidings. (FWIW).

[finlo]

19 minutes ago, Len Trench said:

Me and Mrs Trench had an enjoyable Christmas lunch on the steam train to Castletown today. Food was fine. As was the brief sojourn in The Sidings. (FWIW).

Did you have cabbage?

[Nellie]

6 minutes ago, finlo said:

Did you have cabbage?

They have also got small diesel loco known as Sprout. (Really!!)

[Two-lane]

3 minutes ago, Nellie said:

They have also got small diesel loco known as Sprout.

Someone's pulling your legume.

[Roger Mexico]

16 minutes ago, Two-lane said:

Someone's pulling your legume.

'Tis true.  Though I notice all mention of the c-word ("cabbage") has been removed from the Wiki article.

[Amadeus]

Is that the cabbage dumped in the scrap corner? 
 

[Non-Believer]

6 minutes ago, Amadeus said:

Is that the cabbage dumped in the scrap corner? 
 

It looks to be up on blocks or old sleepers, perhaps to facilitate the repair/replacement of the offending bogies and axles?

[Two-lane]

2 minutes ago, Non-Believer said:

It looks to be up on blocks or old sleepers, perhaps to facilitate the repair/replacement of the offending bogies and axles?

So they are intent on spending even more money on it.

Or someone has nicked the alloy wheels.

[Non-Believer]

7 minutes ago, Two-lane said:

So they are intent on spending even more money on it.

It's another Liverpool Terminal scenario, we've spent so much money on it now that we're in for the long haul and we've got to keep spending to get to the end. Trying to save political face rather than public money.