The end of Manchester United ?

[adb968008]

Twitter put this out today...

 

 

Edited November 11, 2020 by adb968008

[JohnR]

Thats such a shame. 

[Marshall5]

I think they've made a wise decision as the project was always going to be in the shadow of its classmate Royal Sovereign and had stalled.  By donating the tender and other useful parts to the group building 61673 http://www.b17steamloco.com/news-and-events/construction-progress they have done the 'right' thing.

Ray.

[Steamport Southport]

Doomed from the start I'm afraid. A case of using the name of a famous football club and thinking the money will pour in from fans. ISTR they even used to advertise in the MUFC programme rather than try to attract railway enthusiasts. That wouldn't have been cheap.

 

Spirit of Sandringham looked good from what I saw at Llangollen. Real professional job. Whereas the other version seemed to be bits of metal stuck together.

 

But I'm afraid I don't like the "Spirit Of" bit. Just call it Sandringham. 

 

 

Jason

 

[hmrspaul]

And there was me thinking this was seriously good news. 

 

Paul

[Nickey Line]

4 minutes ago, hmrspaul said:

And there was me thinking this was seriously good news. 

 

Paul

 

Let me guess... City fan?  

[Mike Bellamy]

Reported in the latest issue of 'Steam Railway' which arrived today. Seems that the decision was made back in September with a vote by the 58 members of the 61662 group. 79% voted for the donation to B17 Trust, 19% to sell the tender for scrap, and 2% (must have been one person) voted to try and carry on. 61673 has been moved from Llangollen to CTL Seal of Sheffield.

[Dava]

Look forward to the B17 running on the GCR, better get the bridges built to give a nice long run.

 

[melmerby]

4 hours ago, Nickey Line said:

 

Let me guess... City fan?  

No.

Football fan

[Bucoops]

10 hours ago, Mike Bellamy said:

Reported in the latest issue of 'Steam Railway' which arrived today. Seems that the decision was made back in September with a vote by the 58 members of the 61662 group. 79% voted for the donation to B17 Trust, 19% to sell the tender for scrap, and 2% (must have been one person) voted to try and carry on. 61673 has been moved from Llangollen to CTL Seal of Sheffield.

 

They were never going to get far is nearly a fifth of the membership were happy to scrap the one original bit!

[Steamport Southport]

5 hours ago, Bucoops said:

 

They were never going to get far is nearly a fifth of the membership were happy to scrap the one original bit!

 

Probably the ones who weren't railway enthusiasts thinking if they sell it for scrap they will get their money back.

 

 

[AMJ]

I wonder how many rail enthusiasts were put off by the name and would support "Sandringham" in stead.

 

I'm not a football fan (into Rugby though) and know many near me who would want a different name!