Crowd Funding and One-Trick Ponies….
Railway preservation isn't cheap. In fact if you're going to do things properly it's bloody expensive. As Buckie is fond of saying "There are two prices for everything - normal and railway. For the railway price, take the normal price, double it and then add a zero." You need to get specialist contractors in to do certain jobs such as Ultra Sonic Axle testing and putting the unit back into capital stock. All the spares need to be kosher, you need calibrated tools, you need equipment in the back office to allow you to prepare and submit paperwork... It's a never ending and headache-inducing process but, when you're aiming to put a preserved train back onto the modern railway, you have to do things properly. It means approved suppliers (more…
