Talk:Churnet Valley Railway
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My impression, though it's not my area, is that David Moore has written extensively on this (eg for Journal of the North Staffordshire Railway Study Group). Are you saying that his info is unreliable, or otherwise unacceptable? Bob aka Linuxlad 22:56, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
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- I agree completely. People such as David Moore and volunteers at the CVR such as myself do not need sources - we know about these things!
Aidan Croft 23:28, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Well that's probably a slight overstatement - but if you produce a publication which achieves a measure of circulation in the area, and amongst those interested, which I presume JNSRS does, then I'd have thought that counted as an adequately-reviewed source. Bob aka Linuxlad 00:14, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Yes. I apologise for being overly excited there!
Aidan Croft 12:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
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