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  1. lynbarn replied to the thread Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.

    You might want to watch this over a cuppa [MEDIA]

    Oct 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM

  2. lynbarn replied to the thread Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.

    It looks like a higher percentage of ballast was used back then, plus I wonder if they used a lot more lime mortar in the mix; it would be an interesting project to look into.

    Oct 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM

  3. lynbarn liked Breva's post in the thread Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.

    During the trackwalk by the Yeo I saw a whole row of former concrete posts with 2ft of rebar sticking out - the rest had crumbled. But there are also sections where the posts are still good. That could support the idea that sometimes a bad mix...

    IMG_20230513_144854636.jpg Oct 3, 2026 at 6:03 PM

  4. lynbarn liked Old Kent Biker's post in the thread Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.

    I'm pretty sure those are original L&B (more tapered) rather than later SR posts. Interestingly, as I understand it, the L&BRT, where they've reused posts of either style, have rotated them through 90 degrees, so the fence wires are clipped to...

    Oct 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM

  5. lynbarn liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    No. Sometimes things can go wrong inside a limited period possession on the mainline. Something has to give with time starting to slip. Reasonably and properly to get back on schdule with that project the time needed to carefully unbolt the...

    Oct 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM

  6. lynbarn replied to the thread Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.

    Having just checked in Southern Nouveau, I can't see a mix recipe in the book, but checking with one of the Sages, I am informed that Exmouth Junction would go to the beaches and just scoop up the shingle ballast by the ton and haul it off to the...

    Oct 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM

  7. lynbarn liked FearOfManchester's post in the thread Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.

    Referencing the latest blog, will there be experimentation with different mixes of concrete for SR infrastructure replications? I notice with early 2oth century concrete the texture and colour are quite different to modern mixes the SR posts look...

    Oct 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM

  8. lynbarn liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Not for a while yet. On look out for of right type in good condition as the two that were coming as a feebe got cut up when being taken out by NR. Mike

    Oct 3, 2026 at 8:36 AM

  9. lynbarn replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    The new volunteer building looks like a great investment. Sorry, I meant to ask: when are the loop points going to be installed?

    Oct 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM

  10. lynbarn liked Bikermike's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Nah, the Twist wasn't jazz, it was rock'n'roll.. :cool:

    Oct 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM

  11. lynbarn liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Im sure Hornby Trains will an electronic device in their range that mimics the correct 60ft rail length click clack wheel noise that we could buy? We could pipe that sound down the train if that would help?

    Oct 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM

  12. lynbarn liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    There's more than a few railways out there with third-hand rails and fourth-hand maintenance renewals that play a rhythm that even Dave Brubeck would have rejected as being a bit too avant garde! Tom

    Oct 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM

  13. lynbarn liked Bikermike's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Not if you stagger the welds. If you really go to town, you can probably get a complicated 5:4 time signature and reveal all the jazz enthusiasts as the only ones who can keep up...

    Oct 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM

  14. lynbarn liked pmh_74's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    This will also mean that anyone half-asleep whilst listening to the clickety-clack will think the train is going half the speed it really is. Is that so that you can give the impression of some bucolic 10mph branch line, or so that you can go at...

    Oct 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM

  15. lynbarn liked 73108's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    30 seconds ago people were complaining about heatwaves and wildfires! Only in Britain... :confused:

    Oct 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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