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Miff liked pmh_74's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
To be honest I wouldn't worry too much about those sorts of objections. The planners will read them, but the decision will be based on what the application says, not what someone believes it says when they apply conspiracy theories and read...
Aug 27, 2026 at 4:40 PM -
Miff liked jnc's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
And here is the promised track laying visual summary: Section 5c Overview - 6 Aug 26 The plain images (in addition to the several pan- and zoom-able images) are worth enlarging; lots of interesting details to be seen there (e.g. stacked...
Aug 27, 2026 at 3:13 PM -
Miff liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
It is good to get the regular updates and see the steady progress of this project - Well Done to all involved.
Aug 27, 2026 at 3:12 PM -
Miff replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
I think Fireline’s post shows it’s rather more than the paperwork. There’s also ballasting & tamping of the whole line. Installing & commissioning the signalling (both rail and road) for 3 level crossings, plus a passing loop and a terminus...
Aug 27, 2026 at 9:45 AM -
Miff liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
When we first relaid the track we saw all these drainage ditches alongside the miniscule embankments, and some people thought we ought to clear them. Then we realised they were borrow ditches, left and right, to win material for the little...
Aug 27, 2026 at 8:52 AM -
Miff liked MellishR's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Thank you.
Aug 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM -
Miff replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
@MellishR - follow the link in @jnc 's post above and you'll find the answer, at least for that section of the railway. No doubt RVR'll prefer to source such materials locally whenever they can.
Aug 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM -
Miff liked Fireline's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
The intention is that it will be first used in 2028. I suspect that the track will be complete before then. However, there's fencing, wiring, tree planting, crew training, route proving and a whole host of imponderables to be dealt with before...
Aug 26, 2026 at 5:15 PM -
Miff replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
I guess one reason for the hopscotching is the need for temporary road-vehicle access to locations requiring major civil engineering works including several bridge, culvert & embankment sites. Track can then be laid on a section once road...
Aug 26, 2026 at 9:45 AM -
Miff liked jnc's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Oh, right; my memory is failing again. Your post a while back indicated that it was the Junction Road one that was (then) planned for November; my brain clearly swapped 'A21' for 'Junction Road' (probably because that would be in order, along the...
Aug 25, 2026 at 7:20 PM -
Miff replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
@jnc - In the August update video Mike said Junction Rd. crossing works are planned for the end of October; and the A21 crossing hoped for in the spring of '27. [MEDIA]
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM -
Miff replied to the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Very early in my career I worked for a small(ish) manufacturing company. At a meeting about new products the MD summed up the discussion as “so what we need is a Cheap S**t Unit for the export market”. The R&D man wrote down ‘CSU’ and took it...
Aug 24, 2026 at 11:18 PM -
Miff liked Steve's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Not the first time it's been suggested. When the M1 came to Leeds the highways authority didn't want to build a bridge over the Middleton Railway due to the cost and asked what the alternatives were. The then chairman of Middleton (Fred Youell)...
Aug 23, 2026 at 10:47 PM
