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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    There was also two small industrial diesels up there and a brake van, which again I am told are still there. I don't know who owned the Locos, but the Brake Van I am again told belonged to the WR, so must have been sold with the site? One of the Diesels, the Ruston Shunter named "Wensley" was...
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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    Unfortunately impossible (at least for many years) due to missing bridges, collapsed embankment, and last but not least some of the trackbed in other hands. But as RoastVeg says, there is a Mk.1 coach there which came by road, however big locomotives would be more of a problem but hopefully not...
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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    There is no longer a mortgage to pay off as the station now belongs to David Smith of West Coast Rly Co. He has already stated that there will eventually be open days when the development work is complete. Will be very interesting to see what rolling stock he brings there. There is a very...
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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    Yes, they did buy the old A1 Richmond Branch bridge and it is currently stored at Redmire Station. Some of it is intended for use over Apedale Beck, but the abutments need to be rebuilt first. When that's done they have to address the undermining by rabbits of the ash embankment immediately...
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    Wensleydale Railway seems on the up?

    There was indeed a short stretch into Garsdale Station, but parallel to the main line running in to the east side of the platform (trackbed now used as a car park). The mainline S & C is on the west platform. There is an underbridge for pedestrian and motor traffic to reach there. Yes, that...
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    Wensleydale Railway seems on the up?

    Hawes Station is owned by the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and coincidentally the Ropemakers opposite in the station yard is owned by Ruth Annison, the lady who first initiated the ambition to reopen the Wensleydale Railway. She was the chairman of the WRA/WRC for quite a few years. It is...
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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    Well there is a clear link - the new owner is David Smith of West Coast Railways, and the name of the applicant on the planning application, the agent, is Steve Davies, one time head of the NRM and now chief of Wensleydale Railway plc. My guess is that Mr.Smith will apply to re-build the link...
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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    Well David Smith did get planning permission to lay track and bring rolling stock to Aysgarth Station: https://pacsplanning.yorkshiredales.org.uk//Carperby%20R55/079/R_55_79C_PLA.pdf Very interesting. Has anybody got any updated information?
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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    Can you possibly copy and paste any of those letters, for the benefit of non-members?
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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    Aysgarth Station appears in the February update of the commercial dataset from HM Land Registry. The Station was the subject of a £150k mortgage from a supporter who enabled it to be originally acquired some 20 years ago. WRC failed time after time to keep up the repayments, clearly repaying...
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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    As theTrackMaster said, this thread is becoming very interesting indeed. Someone with VERY deep pockets could reinstate the entire line through to Garsdale and unlike the section to Redmire, could own outright the 18 miles from Aysgarth to Garsdale on the Settle & Carlisle. Forming a 40 mile...
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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    By the way Tornado and the P2 are not rival projects. Tornado was delivered and the P2 is being built by the same organisation who built, owns and operates Tornado. I think he meant that there are two "rival" P2 Locomotives being built.
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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    They are in on it too, I can assure you...
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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    Why would Smith want to buy Aysgarth Station? The story going around is that it's a red herring to pretend it's to be a private hobby railway, more likely a foot in the door prior to controlling the entire Wensleydale Railway. That could be a good thing for the railway but would any volunteers...
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    Aysgarth Station - Wensleydale Railway

    The owner of Bolton Castle is of course Lord Bolton, as did much of Wensleydale in past times. When the WRA was set up he did, I understand, suggest building a halt beside the Castle at his own expense as if the railway terminated there it would undoubtedly make the visitor numbers to the...

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