If you"re not British...

[Lee Mannering]

That is very saddening news Brian and what a wonderful railway with some gorgeous views. Do you have a link for donations as the one posted is flagging up unsafe? Thanks

[Steve Klare]

We railway fans love to think that once a line escaped being scrapped 50 or more years ago, that they have reached some kind of Heaven and are immune from the economics of everything else. -Not true! The coal still needs to be paid for, along with the insurance, the taxes, the wages and the light bill!

We had East Broad Top, a 3 foot narrow-gauge line escape being scrapped in the early 1960s, along with 6 steam locomotives, several hundred cars, the machine shop and roundhouse and 33 miles of track. (The scrapping firm decided to save it). About 10 years ago it stopped running and all of it has just been standing idle ever since.

[Brian Fretwell]

I believe the trouble with that main site is because their certificates have expired (no money to renew?) so show as unsafe, the main cause of the trouble was due to debts on the engineering side of the railway that did work for other railways.

The link for donations is https://llangollenrailway.enthuse.com.