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lynbarn liked mikado's post in the thread The late Paul Rileys 15 inch Duchess of Devonshire,.
Hi all i have the locomotive in question with me and there is nothing odd about it its a shame it has not been snapped up and finished
18. Kolovoz 2026. u 22:12 -
lynbarn liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
It's a subject which is not really for here as it hasn't much to do with the L&B except for any arguements of pollution and it calls for long posts too exploring so many complex systems. In truth, when you compare the L&B against the massive...
18. Kolovoz 2026. u 08:49 -
lynbarn odgovara u temi The late Paul Rileys 15 inch Duchess of Devonshire,.
Hi Mikado, thanks for the update. Ever since I heard about this loco, I have been asking myself that same question: why hasn't it been finished? Trawling Facebook and other social media, there appears to be a fair amount of negativity about it. I...
17. Kolovoz 2026. u 21:28 -
lynbarn odgovara u temi Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Well, I guess we will never know for sure how the weather will react over time. The other day I was browsing YouTube and came across one about dinosaurs. According to the guy who was presenting it reckons that we have had these heat spells...
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lynbarn liked Petra Wilde's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Sadly I don’t recognise that prediction. Climate scientists (including the Met Office) have consistently and for many years predicted climate change in the UK would produce a trend towards (a) warmer wetter winters; and (b) hotter, drier...
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lynbarn liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Ah, here in Colchester we can still even chuck cash at them and when they change drivers they carry their cash in their bags off to the office. Rarely hear of any drivers being mugged, although they do have screens up still from the Pandemic era....
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lynbarn liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
It could be done, there is probably space to do it, but what the cost of the ramp would be, and also any regulations on that ramp would be, I have no idea, I haven't looked into it yet .
17. Kolovoz 2026. u 19:14 -
lynbarn odgovara u temi Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Sadly, it is all part of the anti-mugging and knife attacks on the bus drivers; they no longer accept cash; as you need to either buy a monthly bus pass or use a credit card, and you can't even get away with a forged card, since all transactions...
17. Kolovoz 2026. u 19:14 -
lynbarn odgovara u temi Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
My local bus company has many of its buses fitted with such ramps, and from what I have seen, the driver operates the process so that the ramp is fully deployed before the door opens, so you can get in or out with no fuss. And the reverse happens...
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lynbarn liked ross's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
My notion was ramps that are fixed to the vehicle, akin to that in the back of our toyota for our daughter's wheelchair. The ramp is always there, and we are never looking around for a trained person and the keys to unlock the ramp from the...
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lynbarn liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I suspect the idea of being able to get on a train at Pilton and take a much longer ride to Blackmoor to pick up road transport to the Calvert (rather than making their way from Wistlandpound) might have much greater appeal :) As for ramps,...
17. Kolovoz 2026. u 17:42 -
lynbarn liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
To be fair, as I have mentioned previously, there was some discussion during the Phase 2A design about (a) the probable desirability of allowing for trains longer than 5 coaches and hence therefore (b) the need to have platforms of equivalent...
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lynbarn liked ross's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
A true re-creation of the Lynton and Barnstaple I believe will bring people from far and wide due to it's unique Victorianness, location, motive power and whatever the hard to define Exmoor vibe is. Every other railway I can think of has some...
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lynbarn liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I am going to give one exception to what I have put above. The Thorpe Park carriages served a purpose, and very well at Woody Bay, until the heritage carriages became available. Any extension, or new area such as Blackmoor, that becomes...
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lynbarn odgovara u temi Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
It is not only the length of the platform, but also the size and power of the steam locomotives in use. I am not sure where the idea came from in the first place, but my understanding has always been that we need to aim to be able to run...
17. Kolovoz 2026. u 03:51
