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  1. lynbarn liked ghost's post in the thread The Vale of Rheidol Railway - News.

    Exciting news followed by the inevitable frother on YouTube who wants to see it restored in GW green or BR black. Why??? I despair of some people

    Jul 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM

  2. lynbarn liked Chris86's post in the thread The Vale of Rheidol Railway - News.

    Be nice to see the operational one turned out "as built" and the non-operational one gently tidied to a condition as it finished it's career- that tells a story. Chris

    Jul 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM

  3. lynbarn liked Charles Parry's post in the thread The Vale of Rheidol Railway - News.

    Exciting news, one of the Gwalior Pacifics is to be restored to working order. What a sight that will be! I'm already hoping a visit up to the WHR could be aranged to run alongside the NG15, the power of such formidable tender engine two footers...

    Jul 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM

  4. lynbarn liked Mark Thompson's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Looks very impressive. Having the stone "laid" in the baskets makes a huge visual difference.

    Jul 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM

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

    Not heard of Nick Pallant's book but I've located one in good second hand condition - that will make an interesting read. Incidentally the Dean Forest railway crosses the dual carriageway Lydney by-pass [A48] via a level crossing. This is...

    Jul 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM

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

    I'm afraid its all much more boringly simpler than that. There never was, nor is there planned to be, a bridge between those numbered 15 & 17 mentioned in the Blog entry! Not even a culvert pipe. Its a numbering error on the RVR design plans....

    Jul 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM

  7. lynbarn liked Streetert's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    British Steel rails arriving at Junction Road in preparation for,,,,, https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2025/07/British%20Steel%20-1.html [IMG]

    Jul 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM

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

    You asks about the various rails we will use, and have in stock, for the 3.4km long ‘missing link’ at RVR - all of which will be 113lb flat bottom rail laid on concrete sleepers with Pandrol fittings. The 970 track metres of new 113lb rail we...

    Jul 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM

  9. lynbarn liked MellishR's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    When I watched it I did think that image stabilisation would be worthwhile. Speed might be worth adjusting, though the original rate of frames per second may not be certain.

    Jul 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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