Recent content by mdewell

73129 now back in service at Cambrian Heritage Railways. :D https://www.heritage-railways.com/locosdb/locosdb2.php?RefNo=3388 The out of use period was due to a change of ownership (It previously being owned by one individual). CHR had to wait for the sale to complete and a new loan agreement...

D3290 (aka 08220) is expected to be there for at least 1 year. https://www.heritage-railways.com/locosdb/locosdb2.php?RefNo=143

Well for starters, if you search the Locos Database at https://www.heritage-railways.com/locosdb/locosdb.php for wheel arrangement 0-4-0E that will find 9 locos. and a search for 0-4-0BE will find approx 36 locos (There seems to be a fault in that it continues to list others types of 0-4-0 too...

The immediate land alongside the A5 there is fairly flat, but the roundabout just 300 yards north is very busy and might justify a flyover. Whether that would also lead to an extended embankment to bridge the railway is another question, but I suggest not impossible (if you're already doing half...

It certainly wasn't CHR. Since highways have already said it wasn't them, I can only assume the council. It would make no longer term difference anyway as they would need replacing in the unlikely event it did ever get reinstated.

Unless the government do yet another u-turn regarding reinstating the Oswestry-Gobowen line, I don't think your friend has anything to worry about in the short to medium term. As for long-term, who knows.

Have you never travelled around a tight(ish) curve in a Pacer? I imagine Scunthorpe Steel Works would have a few tight curves so the flange noise would soon have you reaching for the ear defenders. Much as I like to sit down, if those were the only choices, I'd rather stand and keep my hearing.

The sleepers were delivered to Oswestry station this morning and will be used to replace wooden sleepers on the section that is already reopened.

Personally I think reinstating the level crossing is extremely unlikely. However, most of the A5 is dual carriageway, but the section from Shrewsbury to Ruabon is not. Possibly if the road was ever upgraded (and hence junctions reworked) a bridge and flyover at the Gobowen roundabout is likely...

It looks like several other posters have already made most of the relevant arguments/points regarding a potential commuter service between Oswestry and Gobowen. So I won't reiterate those, but would like to point out the staffing logistics of running such a service. To do so for early morning...

This is just hearsay, but chatting to people while I've been working the foot crossing at Coney Green in Oswestry, there are quite a few who ask when/if we will be running to Gobowen*. So the local interest is there**. If the Government initiative is mentioned, then I tell them we would welcome...

YAWN! 1771858695 As a volunteer at Cambrian Heritage Railways, I am not aware that we are against it as such. We simply believe that going South from Oswestry is a more viable option (Probably going to be easier* to get across the A483 at Weston, than the much busier A5 north of Oswestry. And...

"Corrosion and debris"? "level crossings are in such a poor state of repair that they may cause a risk to drivers." Having driven over it in both directions yesterday, I can state that the road surface seems smooth and level across the entire width in both directions and crossing equipment at...

I have been told by those who have had previous contact with @CambrianView that he would probably be more interested in a cycleway along the old trackbed. . . (Apologies to him if this is completely wrong). 1752592648 I am sure they do. (For the sake of clarity, I am a volunteer at CHR, but not...

Not entirely sure what is going to be removed, but even if they strip all the level crossing equip from the traffic island in the middle of the road, I can't see them removing the street light fixed there. If that is the case, then this doesn't seem like it will make much difference to anything...