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  1. Miff liked Fireline's post in the thread The Dinting Railway Centre.

    I was automatically disqualifying Bressingham, as it has survived. I was referring to centres that didn't last. Sorry, should have made that clearer.

    Aug 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM

  2. Miff replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    @Jamessquared - to be fair to Colin, it seems to me the previous planning application failed because the L&B didn’t do exactly that. I hope they’ve learned the lesson.

    Aug 7, 2026 at 6:54 AM

  3. Miff liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Thanks Mark. Perhaps we ought to call that type 4 sub-base (the black material) 'finishing sub-base' - as there is lots of traditional stone below that along with a sheet of Terram under that? Kind regards Mike Hart

    Aug 7, 2026 at 12:01 AM

  4. Miff liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    That would seem to imply two things:- 1. No weight is given to either (a) the proportion of support to object comments, nor (b) the (perceived) validity of any objections that are not about demonstrating something which is outwith planning...

    Aug 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM

  5. Miff replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    @RailWest - read the report and draw your own conclusions. 25 pages are given to detailing the responses, usually by professionals, on behalf of statutory consultee organisations. Only 5 pages summarising the public comments. That kind of...

    Aug 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM

  6. Miff replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    This is how ENPA Planning Officers carried out that exercise in 2025. May-06-2025-Planning-Committee.pdf Consultee representations are reported from pages 6 to 31. Public representations summarised (all 178 of them) on pages 32-38....

    Aug 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM

  7. Miff replied to the thread The Dinting Railway Centre.

    And the most amazing "started in a field in the middle of nowhere" site is, of course, Statfold.

    Aug 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM

  8. Miff replied to the thread The Dinting Railway Centre.

    Mangapps

    Aug 6, 2026 at 6:19 PM

  9. Miff replied to the thread The Dinting Railway Centre.

    @Fireline - Bressingham

    Aug 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM

  10. Miff liked jnc's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    A large group of updates on the extension (both the crossing, and elsewhere): Section 5c - 1 of 2 - End Jul '26 activity Northbridge Level Crossing - 4 - The rails go in Bridge 24 - 32 - Prepping the ballast wall extension Section 5c - 2 of 2 -...

    Aug 6, 2026 at 1:11 PM

  11. Miff liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    On the GWSR Broadway extension we levelled the original trackbed, then ferried out ballast from a central point with two big dumpers. A JCB then levelled the ballast piles, on terram, to 8 ins high. We tried a laser attachment to the JCB, but our...

    Aug 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM

  12. Miff liked banburysaint's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Trip on the Kesr today busy services and lots of happy passengers which hopefully will help to swell the coffers! [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] Sent from my LGN-NX1 using Tapatalk

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  13. Miff liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    A new K&ESR video featuring the Rother Valley Railway extension project you might like to see is at: [MEDIA] Mike Hart

    Aug 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM

  14. Miff liked Dunfanaghy Road's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Based on experience of a crossing in Southampton Western Docks I would guess that corrosion from road salt may be the real enemy. A different track system (more traditional British) but the rails were rotted out in about 5 years. ABP didn't stint...

    Aug 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM

  15. Miff liked Old Kent Biker's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    The public consultation response to the L&B Planning Application s are now available to view online - some at least. https://exmoor.planning-register.co.uk/Planning/Display?applicationNumber=EXM%2F26%2F172%2FFULL No doubt more will be added over...

    Aug 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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