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Old 14th August 2009, 17:34
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If a meeting were to be organised for everyone interested, would anyone go?
I should mention that the family has been in the railway business for a very long time, so we know what we are doing when it comes to subjects like steam and to an extent deisel.
Heres the really important bit.
On detailed research the old station platforms at higher poynton are in perfect condition and there are picnic tables inbetween them (which I dare say could be moved onto the spacious platforms themselves.
This project has adopted 2 foot gauge for the reasons already explained, but that causes a problem with platform height at higher poynton.
Something I have considered is to dig down into the existing trackbed here down to the base layers and physically raise the track bed up and burying the lower parts of the platforms in the process. The end result here would be two platforms that are the right height and are still original.
There are some other possibilities but none that we are happy with.
Anyway please help out as you could aid us tremendously.
What we need is serious numbers to strengthen our case further (its already pretty strong) and at last have a railway that you can say "I did that".
Please reply if you are interested and please mention if you would be willing to come to a meeting.
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