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    WSR ‘troubleshooter’ role for loco owner and businessman

    Oct 15, 2018 3 minutes
    By Robin Jones
    COLIN WALLACE

    LOCOMOTIVE owner and transport businessman Jonathan Jones Pratt has been appointed as acting chairman of the West Somerset Railway (WSR) plc for three months in order to tackle current financial problems.

    The appointment, approved unanimously by the plc board, was made only 12 days after he was appointed a director, in the wake of long-serving popular volunteer and author Ian Coleby being asked to stand down as chairman, but remaining on the board.

    Jonathan owns two GWR 4-6-0s: No. 4936 and No. 7027 (pictured on page 76), both of which are currently under overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works.

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