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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:48 pm    Post subject: Sentinel steam bus Reply with quote
Deep pockets required, but what a belter Cool

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Rick happy new year.I have had quite a lot of rides on her at Whitby they own quite a few steam vehicles the driver of her was in the film harry potter he was a train driver.Very nice people i will be sad to not see her on the Whitby street.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I wondered where she was when I was in Whitby on Boxing Day. There was a 30's petrol job doing the run instead
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Why are they selling it? Looking at their website you would think it's still operating! Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
D4B wrote:
Why are they selling it? Looking at their website you would think it's still operating! Crying or Very sad


Reading the press reports it seems that there are several reasons, which if knitted together and then subdivided might include the 100% real truth.

Like so many things in life, once the word" council" enters the debate then it is open season on the facts.

Regardless, the steam bus is not an ancient feature of Whitby, and was introduced as a private commercial venture.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
There are a few clues to the reasons in this article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2898596/A-slice-Whitby-s-heritage-185-000-Owners-country-s-oldest-working-steam-bus-sale-dispute-obstructive-local-council.html

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I Am friends With Viv and Vern who own the Sentinel, and have been on the Bus, actually had a little drive of her, and spent some time firing too, all good fun

Superb engine, and the only commercially run steam road engine run for some time.

The reasons for giving up, I will not go into, but it is certainly not their fault, and is a great loss to Whitby, the council simply are unable to see simple things! Very sad!

The Charabanc they own too, is nice!
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