The Burnbake and Woodyhyde Railway

clayliner · January 09, 2013, 18:18

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN -

Notice is hereby given that, the necessary Powers and Consents having been obtained and share capital authorised, the Company intends to construct and work a new Line for the conveyance of goods in the Isle of Purbeck in the County of Dorset. The Line is primarily intended to convey freight

MickT · January 10, 2013, 12:25

Very imaginative Clayliner (are you the said Chairman: Roland?) and I do like the look of your two locomotives. I think I speak for many in asking if we can have more details of them and other items of your stock please?

My only constructive question really is to ask why you have chosen the very narrow 1ft 9in as the gauge for the railway? I am guessing that you are keeping to 9mm gauge for the model and you are doing it in 4mm scale?
Regards
Mick

clayliner · January 17, 2013, 18:11

It has been brought to the attention of the Company that an error crept into the Notice previously posted on the 9th inst. Namely, that the gauge given for the proposed Railway was incorrectly stated as 1'9", whereas the Line will, in fact, be built to a gauge of 1ft 2 and 5/8ths inches.

Please be assured that the employee responsible for this grave error has, of course, been dismissed from the Company and that the Management will take every step to ensure that all future information on the Line is of the highest accuracy.

Further details of the proposed Line will be published in the near future.

D Roland Collins
Chairman &c

petersmith1942 · January 17, 2013, 20:01

I am sure that 5/8ths will be the key to success and allow many more unsatisfactory employees to take the blame for poor management if they are 1/8th out of gauge
Peter Smith

Graeme Dunbar · January 18, 2013, 09:04

Have we lost a foot somewhere, or is this minimum gauge? I'm not sure how either "OO" or "9" fits in here. ???

(Good wheeze for a new railway, but I'd be looking to sack the press officer if I was CEO. ;D )

tedp · January 18, 2013, 09:38

Glad to see a new freelance railway introduced. I'm looking forward to more - how about a layout plan? The first post would make a good start of a series in the 009 News. ;)

petersmith1942 · January 18, 2013, 12:02

agree, if its anything like the wonderful Nixnie saga I cant wait irrespective of gauge
Peter Smith

clayliner · January 18, 2013, 14:50

I despair... what's the matter with the staff? I blame this fancy new approach to education. Anyone should be able to see it's TWO foot 3 and 5/8th, of course. More sackings on the way...

David.

Graeme Dunbar · January 18, 2013, 15:27

I'd keep the company photographer. He is doing an excellent job.

berryr99 · January 18, 2013, 16:20

All this talk of sackings is a bit worrying.

Don't forget you will need to:

Suspend the employee(s) and advise them of the reason they have been suspended in writing

Give 5 days notice of a disciplinary hearing (they may of course be accompanied by a Trades Union official or colleague)

Advise HR dept (who will run a mile - as usual !)

Hold the hearing, establish the facts and then adjourn the hearing whilst you consider their version of events.

Re-convene the meeting and advise them that you consider their actions to be Gross Misconduct and that they will be dismissed. Do not forget to advise them that they have the right of appeal to the manager above your level

Issue written notice of dismissal

Remind HR what's happened

or have I gone a bit off topic!

Bob

petersmith1942 · January 18, 2013, 20:47

no,you just forgot it will all need to be done in a minimum of 5 languages. However reassured re 2 feet and a few odd inches and still looking forward to the first installment
Peter Smith

clayliner · January 19, 2013, 09:48

A formal dismissal procedure? - you must be imagining some future utopia (which is never going to happen).
The guy concerned, together with his wife and seven kids, has been cast out of their Company hovel and is now roaming the heath and begging on the streets of Wareham. It will serve as a warning to the rest of the staff... ;D

David

berryr99 · January 19, 2013, 11:06

Excellent stuff.....a few sackings is a wake up call to the rest.

Seriously though, I'm looking forward to hearing about progress on the railway.

Bob

clayliner · January 19, 2013, 18:31

Now that we've finally resolved the gauge issue ;D maybe it's time to share something of the thinking behind the project:

Some layouts are admirably faithful representations of actual lines but the Burnbake and Woodyhyde is, like many others, an amalgam of ideas and inspiration drawn from various different prototypes as well as the imagination. However, the starting point is the clay tramways of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset ... [text corrupted]

David.

clayliner · January 25, 2013, 15:45

Here is a plan of the Burnbake and Woodyhyde:

B&W plan

Perhaps the first thing to say is that neither Burnbake nor Woodyhyde actually appears on the track plan of the B&W, at least, as far as I'm aware ... [text corrupted/lost]