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Re: PS Ryde : last ditch "save it from scrap" appeal
« Reply #45 on: Feb 06, 2019, 06:21 PM »
Well... there is an update in the latest Steam Railway out this week and it is not good news.

Over Christmas, the bridge area suffered three separate collapses on different days and bits are now literally falling off the ship on a daily basis.

As a result of this sudden deterioration, they have thrown in the towel and abandoned the project - but it is still hoped to salvage the engines.


Sad, and sad she was allowed to deteriorate into a derelict condition in the first place.
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