Comments on: West Coast Railways prohibited from running rail services http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/railways/transport/west-coast-railways-prohibited-from-running-rail-services/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/railways/transport/west-coast-railways-prohibited-from-running-rail-services/comment-page-1/#comment-77403 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:25:36 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=14862#comment-77403 I’ve seen some extracts of the ORR letter to WCRC posted online; it’s damning stuff, and reading between the lines it does look as though ORR is calling for the chairman’s head. It’s being implied he runs his company like a personal train set rather than a proper business and has a completely cavalier attitude towards safety.

Let’s hope main line steam survives under a more responsible operator.

]]> By: Michael http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/railways/transport/west-coast-railways-prohibited-from-running-rail-services/comment-page-1/#comment-77382 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:01:26 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=14862#comment-77382 If the event at Reading had been a “once off” then forgiveness might have been possible.

But it wasn’t. The October 15 event should not have happened because the September 15 event should have seen them grounded.

I like seeing big steam locomogives out on the main line, but the operators have to know what they are doing!

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