pharrc20 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I haven't seen any topics or posts concerning this proposal on here as yet. It is certainly an interesting idea for sure. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-39424802 Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 So that's £5M to build the line and and £25M to rebuild the Cadishead viaduct! I can't see how the economics would work as a heritage line though as Cadishead isn't exactly a charming little village that would attract lots of visitors. Perhaps it might work if they terminated the line at Partington and then they rebuilt the viaduct as just a foot/cycle path? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 It is April 1st! Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharrc20 Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 Aye true it is April 1st but it was announced a few days ago on 28th March. Given that there is access to the main network at both ends you would think this would make a great project. Biggest hurdle is restoring the bridge. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Are there enough volunteers in the area? Any one who would be interested would probably already be a volunteer on the east lancs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 From a quick Google maps look, it doesn't seem like a particularly scenic train ride, and the east lancs is at the other end of the tram line. Not that I want to be a naysayer, but as an out of town type, I probably wouldn't bother to visit unless it had some particular USP. I can experience an industrial tank engine pulling a mk2 carriage through unremarkable surroundings a lot closer to home. And the kind of thing that would attract me would probably not be hugely successful with the rest of the enthusiast community, though maybe the normals wouldn't be so put off by Norwegian rolling stock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I always wondered why, given that the Ship Canal company had to build the deviation, that BR was left with the liability for bridge repairs? I would have thought that these bridges would have been the responsibility of the canal as they were only built to allow the canal to pass through. More recently the new bypass was built with a new bridge to allow the disused railway to pass over it, so there must be a longterm idea that this route has merit of some kind to be reopened. The route through Lymm and over Latchford viaduct never got a bridge under the widened M6 after it was closed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Are there enough volunteers in the area? Any one who would be interested would probably already be a volunteer on the east lancs. I thought it was more of a rich man vanity project than a volunteer run thing. The bloke involved is a multi millionaire entrepreneur/property developer who has donated millions to local projects. He can afford it without outside help. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/salford-millionaires-5m-investment-health-11598806 http://confidentials.com/manchester/reinventing-irlam-neil-mcarthur-and-the-problem-station Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 If he's got so much money burning a hole in his pocket why not bank roll the Great Centrals bridge at Loughborough. I'm sure if he wants the fame they will name it after him and stick a plaque on it and it will only cost him about £5 million so he'll be better off and still have made a significant contribution to preservation consolidating an already existing railway. Then at least most of us will get to finally see it in our life times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devil Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 If he's got so much money burning a hole in his pocket why not bank roll the Great Centrals bridge at Loughborough. I'm sure if he wants the fame they will name it after him and stick a plaque on it and it will only cost him about £5 million so he'll be better off and still have made a significant contribution to preservation consolidating an already existing railway. Then at least most of us will get to finally see it in our life times. All from memory this...so perhaps not 100%, probably because he's a local bloke interested in doing something 'on his doorstep'. I think he set up Opal teleom which was based in Cadishead, my thoughts are if that's the case can't fault him wanting to do 'something'. His brass, his choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 If he's got so much money burning a hole in his pocket why not bank roll the Great Centrals bridge at Loughborough. I'm sure if he wants the fame they will name it after him and stick a plaque on it and it will only cost him about £5 million so he'll be better off and still have made a significant contribution to preservation consolidating an already existing railway. Then at least most of us will get to finally see it in our life times. Because he's not an enthusiast and the GCR isn't in Salford where all his property is. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted April 2, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2017 Hi all, Thanks for the link, I had not seen this. He wants to reopen a railway and rebuild a spectacular item of Victorian civil engineering. What's not to like? Good for him! Cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I'm normally a bit cynical about the latest crop of reopening schemes, but this one does seem to have been costed. It's not just a Facebook group and some people falling out with each other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 My first thought, not knowing the area was "£30M? Must be about 4 miles long" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted April 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 2, 2017 I'm normally a bit cynical about the latest crop of reopening schemes, but this one does seem to have been costed. It's not just a Facebook group and some people falling out with each other. If they want more street cred maybe they should bring that nice chap who used to run the Friends of Rickerton Junction to project manage the scheme...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted April 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2017 I like the LMS Flying Scotsman (on BBC link) myself but I hope it doesn't give the NRM any ideas Griff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 If he's got so much money burning a hole in his pocket why not bank roll the Great Centrals bridge at Loughborough. I'm sure if he wants the fame they will name it after him and stick a plaque on it and it will only cost him about £5 million so he'll be better off and still have made a significant contribution to preservation consolidating an already existing railway. Then at least most of us will get to finally see it in our life times.We've probably all got our own ideas on how to spend his money. But if he wants to build a full size train set near his house with it then that's his choice... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 From a quick Google maps look, it doesn't seem like a particularly scenic train ride, and the east lancs is at the other end of the tram line. Not that I want to be a naysayer, but as an out of town type, I probably wouldn't bother to visit unless it had some particular USP. I can experience an industrial tank engine pulling a mk2 carriage through unremarkable surroundings a lot closer to home. And the kind of thing that would attract me would probably not be hugely successful with the rest of the enthusiast community, though maybe the normals wouldn't be so put off by Norwegian rolling stock The East Lancashire railway was up and running well before the Heavy rail (BR line) was converted to LRV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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