lynbarns letzte Aktivitäten
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lynbarn antwortete auf das Thema 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 August 2026 um 21:28 -
lynbarn antwortete auf das Thema 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...
17 August 2026 um 21:00 -
lynbarn gefällt Petra Wildes Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
17 August 2026 um 20:44 -
lynbarn gefällt DaveEs Beitrag in dem Thema 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....
17 August 2026 um 20:41 -
lynbarn gefällt DaveEs Beitrag in dem Thema 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 August 2026 um 19:14 -
lynbarn antwortete auf das Thema 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 August 2026 um 19:14 -
lynbarn antwortete auf das Thema 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...
17 August 2026 um 18:19 -
lynbarn gefällt rosss Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
17 August 2026 um 18:14 -
lynbarn gefällt RailWests Beitrag in dem Thema 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 August 2026 um 17:42 -
lynbarn gefällt RailWests Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
17 August 2026 um 16:07 -
lynbarn gefällt rosss Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
17 August 2026 um 16:07 -
lynbarn gefällt DaveEs Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
17 August 2026 um 13:21 -
lynbarn antwortete auf das Thema 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 August 2026 um 03:51 -
lynbarn erstellte einen Anhang in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
While we are on the subject of other Bristol W&C rolling stock, I have been looking at this from the Cyprus Government Railway [ATTACH]
17 August 2026 um 02:27
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lynbarn gefällt Old Kent Bikers Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I think the L&B could do well to stick to what it knows: we have well-established and authorised heritage underframe and bogie designs, so why not utilise those, and build lightweight modern-image or heritage-style aluminium/steel/fiberglass...
16 August 2026 um 22:10
