Thursford Founders Day 2011

[the highwayman]

Originally Posted by lampwortroy

But that reasoning is not just for Thursford. There are many cases of neglect through lack of time or money to restore engines throughout the country. Jack Wakefield, Tom Varley, Parky Bates, Tom Tate, Beamish Museum, and many others all qualify for your 30 odd years rule. But we have them all to thank that these neglected engines survived at all. George Cushing was one of these men with the pipe dream of restoring everything that they bought. Thanks to them we have the wealth of road steam in preservation today.

Not disputing that for one moment, a visit to my yard will show me up for having pipedreams, one day I will have to have a clear out, it just seems to me a shame that the unrestored engines deteriated for so long.