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ghost vond Mr Valentine's post leuk in het topic Didcot Railway Centre.
Most of the stock at Didcot is actually owned by Great Western Preservations, basically just to protect the collection in the event the Society went under. So, it’s quite simple. You have the Hawksworth County at Didcot, which is owned by GWP...
24 feb 2026 om 22:47 -
ghost vond flying scotsman123's post leuk in het topic Didcot Railway Centre.
Maybe not a surprise, but it is news I think. From the County project website "The Churchward County Trust Ltd (CCT) was set up in January 2018 as a wholly independent, not-for-profit company (Limited by Guarantee), and was awarded Charitable...
24 feb 2026 om 22:45 -
ghost vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Even if you went in with a clear plan, it sounds like it could take a while to feed through. For example, if (as it sounds) all the locos have boiler tickets aligned to fall over the closed winter maintenance period, then it is not easy to...
23 feb 2026 om 23:05 -
ghost vond 35B's post leuk in het topic 6024 King Edward 1.
In which case, it has to be asked why LSL chose to spend so much money on work on 6024 when it was so nearly ready? This outsider, with no axe to grind either way, finds that surprising - unless there were issues with either the work done or the...
23 feb 2026 om 21:05 -
ghost vond 35B's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Without comment on any particular location, “getting people out” hasn’t been a particular problem at Woody Bay, so I don’t see why it has to be a major issue at the Barnstaple end. The railway would be selling primarily to tourists, not...
23 feb 2026 om 13:34 -
ghost vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic Isle Of Man Steam Railway.
Other restoration businesses specialising in “the conservation, repair and restoration” of heritage items, including “railway carriages in several gauges” are available! ;) Tom
23 feb 2026 om 13:30 -
ghost vond 2857Harry's post leuk in het topic 6024 King Edward 1.
I don’t particularly have a side to bat for with the whole taking 6024 to bits again, and re-doing it argument. However, what strikes me is LSL have accepted 60007 and 71000 with minimal fuss, they didn’t accept them and then take them to bits...
23 feb 2026 om 13:28 -
ghost vond Andy2857's post leuk in het topic Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Just back home after our first visit to the Bluebell and wow, what a railway! We had a fantastic day. Good timetable with plenty of services at good intervals which enabled us to see everything we wanted to see, stop off at the intermediate...
22 feb 2026 om 10:13 -
ghost vond 21B's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I agree. The first problem I think with Parracombe is that those most affected do not want to be a destination. That I think given the local infrastructure is a valid concern and a valid objection that could well pose a significant issue to...
22 feb 2026 om 09:59 -
ghost vond FearOfManchester's post leuk in het topic Mid Suffolk Light Railway.
GER coach no.14 has been purchased and arrived on the railway the other day, a significant addition to the railway as it’s the only known surviving coach that ran on the original mid suffolk, looks great. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
21 feb 2026 om 13:05
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ghost vond pmh_74's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Same conclusion I came to two and a half years ago. (See post #10921.) You wouldn't need to demolish it any time soon though. Get permission to do so, build the extension up to just short of it, and just keep renting it out until such time as...
19 feb 2026 om 21:06 -
ghost vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I think @lynbarn approves of the B&YV Trust approach, provided each incremental section of reconstructed line is at least long enough to house a pair of 2ft gauge Indian Pacific locos sourced from Collection X and also includes a fun fair to...
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ghost vond Miff's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Colin, what do you think of the B&YV Trust’s recently announced strategy (see my 5 Feb post) to “borrow from the canal restoration world to build where we can, gradually linking together sections of the line” ? It’s much lower key than any of...
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ghost vond 35B's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
The value of that business case can be seen from what we have now. A report, never published and never acted upon, using data and assumptions that are now 30 years old, is worth less than the paper it’s printed on. And that’s taking the view that...
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ghost vond Matt78's post leuk in het topic The Gwili Railway thread.
Taff Vale 51 touches down
18 feb 2026
