AHW Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Wondering who else on here was using the website http://www.brdatabase.info/ Valuable searchable database of sheds, locos etc. I've used it extensively to research the ECML. Went to bring it up this pm for a question on the BR 2MT and it's no longer there. Anybody know about this.... or have any info. Many Thanks Two images - what Google used to show us - and what you get now... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 It's speculated elsewhere that the owner hasn't paid his hosting fees. Hopefully it'll be back soon. Mark 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 23, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2023 I have used it extensively to research engines allocated to Tondu depot, 86F, between 1948 and 1958, and it has let me down twice. Firstly, it claims that three 08 diesel shunting engines were sent there new in 1954, while they actually went to Severn Tunnel Junction; Tondu never had a diesel locomotive allocation, and secondly, it lists a 6750 class pannier, 6762, as delivered new to the shed in late November 1948 and transferred to Swansea East Dock in 1954. In fact this engine was transferred to Swansea Danygraig in early January 1949 and may have been a 'paper allocation' and not have ever actually been at Tondu at all. My advice to anyone using BR Database is to cross check information wherever this is possible. It is a very useful site, but not 100% authoritative; to be fair it does not claim to be so. I hope it is back up and running soon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 53 minutes ago, The Johnster said: My advice to anyone using BR Database is to cross check information wherever this is possible. It is a very useful site, but not 100% authoritative; to be fair it does not claim to be so. I hope it is back up and running soon! I would agree completely with this. - it’s not authoritative - it doesn’t claim to be - so check information if it matters I will say I have found information on that site that I know from personal experience to be true, but which I have never seen on other sites. (Though, since it’s just an aggregating site, they must have found it somewhere!) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted February 23, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) I remember this happening before but it came back eventually. The latest capture at the Web Archive is 18th January this year. Available via The Wayback Machine although not all pages may work. Edited February 23, 2023 by keefer 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 If a site is free to use please consider making donations towards running costs or purchase merch as this assists with hosting fees. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted February 23, 2023 Moderators Share Posted February 23, 2023 29 minutes ago, AMJ said: If a site is free to use please consider making donations towards running costs or purchase merch as this assists with hosting fees. Very true. 😎 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 23, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, AMJ said: If a site is free to use please consider making donations towards running costs or purchase merch as this assists with hosting fees. You sound like you've got the T shirt!! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 20 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: You sound like you've got the T shirt!! Mike. Just run a free web site with options to donate by "buying us a beer" or a few documents available from an Amazon store. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 23, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23, 2023 D1001 of this parish is the owner of the site according to this blog: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 23, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2023 4 hours ago, AMJ said: If a site is free to use please consider making donations towards running costs or purchase merch as this assists with hosting fees. Totally agree (and have chipped in two or three times to BRDatabase). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted February 24, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2023 On 22/02/2023 at 14:57, MarkC said: It's speculated elsewhere that the owner hasn't paid his hosting fees. Hopefully it'll be back soon. Mark Hosting expired on 19/02/2023 according to one of the registry search websites. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philsandy Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Hope it's back soon, I found it a very useful and informative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEngineShed Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 It is back. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted February 25, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2023 That's good. He must have paid the bill! 😚 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 25, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, TheEngineShed said: It is back. From the site: An Apology - 25th February 2023 BRDatabase has suffered an outage for the past week or so and this was due to the domain name expiring. I knew it was due to expire but I was suddenly (and I mean suddenly!) called away on business to Paris where I had no access to my renewal details. BRDatabase is secure for another year at least and I hope I have not inconvenienced anybody too much. 9 3 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 25, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2023 31 minutes ago, melmerby said: From the site: An Apology - 25th February 2023 BRDatabase has suffered an outage for the past week or so and this was due to the domain name expiring. I knew it was due to expire but I was suddenly (and I mean suddenly!) called away on business to Paris where I had no access to my renewal details. BRDatabase is secure for another year at least and I hope I have not inconvenienced anybody too much. I guess I'm not the only one who kept checking "just in case"! The paypal link doesn't seem to be working so have fired off a message. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 26, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2023 Paypal link working :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 26, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, Bucoops said: Paypal link working :) Link working but page greyed out, unable to input anything. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 26, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Link working but page greyed out, unable to input anything. Mike. Oh. It was working earlier. Must still be a bit flaky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 26, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2023 Glad it’s back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post D1001 Posted February 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) I guess I owe you guys another apology for BRDatabase being unavailable. I was never very good at planning ahead and this time the requirements of my job caught me out. I have had a surge in donations which I much appreciate - BRDatabase has made a net loss of about £1000 in the past 5 years, so it is quite a commitment. And that is without research costs (for example, I have been to the National Archives a number of times and have taken over 48,000 images of documents such as loco record cards in those visits). Still, I have no plans to shut it down until 'death do us part' as it has cost me a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Thank you all for your continued support and words of encouragement. The last few days has been like reading an obituary, full of kind words and laments. I will try not to let the database disappear again! Edited February 26, 2023 by D1001 5 2 1 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1001 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 21 hours ago, Mike_Walker said: That's good. He must have paid the bill! 😚 Whoops ☹️ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 26, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2023 3 hours ago, Bucoops said: Oh. It was working earlier. Must still be a bit flaky. OK now. Sorted. Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 26, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, D1001 said: I guess I owe you guys another apology for BRDatabase being unavailable. I was never very good at planning ahead and this time the requirements of my job caught me out. I have had a surge in donations which I much appreciate - BRDatabase has made a net loss of about £1000 in the past 5 years, so it is quite a commitment. And that is without research costs (for example, I have been to the National Archives a number of times and have taken over 48,000 images of documents such as loco record cards in those visits). Still, I have no plans to shut it down until 'death do us part' as it has cost me a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Thank you all for your continued support and words of encouragement. The last few days has been like reading an obituary, full of kind words and laments. I will try not to let the database disappear again! An excellent resource. Time for those that use it to cough up a few groats, methinks😉 Edited February 26, 2023 by melmerby 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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