Progress at the North Dorset Railway - Shillingstone 12/02/2022

[@ShortCycle.]

I found/discovered Shillingstone 4yrs ago after visiting a show in the area and seeing some promo material. Lovely station with a beautiful view - and friendly volunteers. It's good to see the progress being made. I know the motorail BG from its days at Brockenhurst.. I'm pleased it's found its way there.

[@bobingram6912]

Top marks Matthew for highlighting this fledgling preservation group, looks like they need a bit of publicity, will be keeping updated now you've bought it to our attention👍🏻👍🏻Two S100s, nice, cracking little tanks, didn't realise there were anymore about🤔

[@Sonny_JC]

Think theres a few s100s about abit not operacional

[@18EStudios]

Not genuine S100s but close enough. These two are copies built by Yugoslavia after World War 2. There are slight differences between the two

[@bobingram6912]

@@18EStudios Thanks for the info, much appreciated. Am now catching up with things and finding more about them!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Thanks very much, Bob! There's a surprising amount of S100's still in existence, albeit mostly abroad. As stated though, the pair owned by Project 62 are Yugoslavian Class 62's - a design heavily based off the S100's. I believe the overhauls will include aesthetic changes to bring them more inline with an S100's appearence. I do like the nod to the genuine SR members of the class, with this pair being numbered as the next locomotives in line.

[@bobingram6912]

@@TheSouthernerYTChannel Totally agree, good they'll have the 30 prefix instead of them clanking around looking anonymously foreign!!! 👍🏻

[@mlp-hot-rod5824]

It's a shame stuff's been built either end, blocking them from reaching other former stations. Damn Beeching & BR in general to the pit!

[@AnthonyFurnival]

Great footage - wouldn’t it be lovely to see those 2 locos in steam together at some stage? Maybe on a double header service.

[@chrispearce6024]

Congratulations on this. A Heritage line should have opened in my home town of Gosport..sadly some of it has become a Bus Rapid Transit system

[@LimaVictoriaAustralia]

Always enjoy your videos, and this is a particularly good one. Thanks so much.

[@WestCountrySteamVideos]

Great video! Really positive to see the railway moving in the right direction!! Kind regards Tom

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Thanks very much

[@markmeyts5272]

Yes, it would be good to see progress on the rebuilding of the railway to Sturminster Newton. This year it will be 5 years since the membership voted to rebuild that line. After three years of pressure from volunteers, and a Freedom of Information Request to Dorset County Council to find out just what the trustees were up to, the committee were forced into a planning application for the extension over a year ago. Groundwork started almost 6 months ago and all we see of the extension is a new badger sett, some trees cut down and landscaping works - not even preparations for trackbed to lay the railway line. The Secretary continues to defend his wish to sell off land donated by one member to enable the rebuilding of the line (selling it to his pal, a fellow trustee at that). He persists in his wish to sell the Road Railer, donated 9 years ago specifically to rebuild the line. All Heritage Railways extending their track recognise that they could not manage without one. This video shows a distinct lack of activity, on a normal scheduled volunteers' work day. This is a true reflection of the situation at Shillingstone. At this rate, it will take 200 years to reach Sturminster Newton.

[@AndreiTupolev]

If you have a personal argument with them, perhaps you ought to take it up with them rather than complaining publicly. We see this kind of thing in the pages of rail magazines all the time, and it gives a very bad, and immensely tedious, impression

[@markmeyts5272]

@@AndreiTupolev What makes you think this is a personal argument? If you had read my posting carefully, you would have noted that this is the Trustees acting against the membership. It is also against the Trust’s objective in the Constitution. This is not a “public complaint”. It is a warning to those considering donating, that stated objectives of appeals are quietly forgotten as soon as the money has been raked in. But don’t take my word for it - go there and see for yourself. Five years, and no progress on rebuilding the line.

[@likklej8]

I remember these USA locos at Southampton Docks

[@benattwood8786]

Is that a genuine Glasgow & South Western Railway goods van? If so that is a VERY rare piece indeed as to my knowledge there is only one other (definite) G&SW goods wagon left in existance.

[@benattwood8786]

Just read their website and my god it is...

[@CustomiZe_]

Awesome, love places like this that don't follow any regime (I.e everything focused on GWR or Southern etc). Its nice having variety i guess is what I'm trying to say. But just seeing locos and rolling stock just sat there rusting away just breaks my heart, I wish I could just wave a wand and poof they're instantly up to full working order again, but unfortunately its just not as easy as that. 😪

[@flippop101]

As always, a great video. This however, looks unfortunately like a project that isn’t going to happen.

[@josephm5695]

Why not? They seem to be managing fine for a railway that’s only 14 years old. Not every railway is as big as the WSR or the NYMR, many are just museums with a running line.

[@Sonny_JC]

I sure can see huge potential here🙂🙂 the future looks super bright for the railway🤞🏻

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Fingers crossed it keeps moving in the right direction.

[@guzz1jon]

Mark Meyts comments appear to be very revealing, but what do I know? I have only a vague idea of Shillingstone, and nothing I saw in that video has encouraged me to visit it, let alone donate any of my time or money to it. After a lifetime's interest in railways, I am losing patience with the internecine arguments that seem to proliferate within the heritage sector. Add to that the apparent tendency for heritage railways to be operated BY the members, FOR the members, rather than the paying public, all the while holding out the begging bowl for this locomotive/carriage or that track panel/building, and it's a wonder that any public turn up at all. One particular railway that I have visited many times with my grandson (and WHERE would heritage railways be without the children?) has staff whose go-to response to any mild criticism of, for example, the stale, overpriced, sandwiches sold in their food outlet is 'We're all volunteers you know'. So what? The sandwiches are still awful. I don't want a refund, I want edible food, in exchange for a portion of my pension money, please. My grandson is now ten years old, and he doesn't want to go there any more because 'It's always the same thing' . Unless heritage railways start running LIKE a business, even if they cannot run AS a business because of their ( questionable IMHO ) charitable status, then I think most of them are doomed to wither on the vine. It's a very expensive day out for a family: Entertaining them is key: The membership's and volunteer's adherence to a past that customers very likely have no knowledge of is not. Excitement: Interest: Good food and drink: Value for money. THAT's what people want, expect, and should get for their money.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Mark Meyt's comments seem to be the usual whinging bickering we see all the time in the pages of steam railway magazines 😑

[@camerons7599]

Great railway! Sad about the inter organisational politics stunting their ability to start running trains 😔

[@jbowden9107]

Good video but commentary voice over with hard facts and what we were looking at and the future would have made this a blockbuster. Please consider beefing it up more.

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

While your comment and personal preference are appreciated, the resulting product is subjective to the viewer. All the necessary information relating to the video can easily be found in the video description, which is typical for this channel.

[@bobingram6912]

If you follow this channel you must realise that there is never any commentary, the videos are produced for the viewers visual enjoyment. This particular episode is purely subjective to show what "progress" has/is being made in returning this piece of historical line back into being.

[@SimonTog]

Interesseting video :)

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Thank you

[@djburland]

FAB

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Cheers