Comments on: Steam returns to Ashburton…. almost! http://everythinggwr.com/2014/12/steam-returns-to-ashburton-almost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=steam-returns-to-ashburton-almost Celebrating the Great Western Railway from 1835 to now Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:50:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: howard http://everythinggwr.com/2014/12/steam-returns-to-ashburton-almost/#comment-405 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:17:41 +0000 http://everythinggwr.com/?p=1917#comment-405 Thank you for your comment, Tony. I was a young ‘Deviationist’ on the FR in the 1970s so it brings back great memories!
Please pass your comment on to the Friends of Ashburton – I am sure they would be grateful of your expertise
regards
Howard

]]> By: Anthony Polson http://everythinggwr.com/2014/12/steam-returns-to-ashburton-almost/#comment-403 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:21:25 +0000 http://everythinggwr.com/?p=1917#comment-403 Given that very large sums have been raised for substantial projects on other preserved railways and for construction of new locomotives via share issues, covenanting and other methods, doing something similar for Ashburton should be practicable.

As a Chartered Civil Engineer with experience of railways and tunnelling, I think a top priority should be to work out a fully costed design and method of construction for the crossing of the A38. This will give everyone a financial target to aim at.

When the Ffestiniog Railway constructed the ‘Deviation’ in the 1970s a key component was using three mining engineers who used the project to gain professional qualifications. I wonder whether a similar approach could be used to reduce the cost of the A38 crossing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffestiniog_Railway#The_Llyn_Ystradau_Deviation

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