[steam for ever]

Its all rubbish though now, it has been proved that close proximity of lines does not always harm visitor numbers.
I don't think it will harm either company here either, especially if they market the WHHR trains as a national network link shuttle, as harbour station is hardly convenient for this job. I think there may have been concerns about technology mix ups too.

WHHR is a heritage railway with old salvaged and replica equipment. The FR is I think not in that category as such. It has modern signalling sytems, modern coaching stock built with modern meathods and modern track. I think nowadays they only use steam A: because they like it, and B: its a big attraction. Its almost nothing like the 1954 beginings. You could almost call it a modern railway.
The WHHR is none of those things and most of its policies will be different. This does not by any means make it a bad railway, far from it.