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Miff liked Olde576's post in the thread V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
I can speak as an american who has kept up with the T1 Project and I want to set the record straight. It's far less about exceptionalism, and more about how that class of locomotives is our metaphorical Duke of Gloucester: locomotives that had...
Jun 7, 2026 at 11:48 PM -
Miff liked Breva's post in the thread Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.
EA will no longer be active, but the company will continue to exist legally for a while, as things are wound down. The B&YVRT will now do the land purchases, and more that EA could not do. We had a shareholder's meeting, and the vote to transfer...
Jun 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM -
Miff liked Meatman's post in the thread Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.
Yes, that is the plan
Jun 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM -
Miff replied to the thread Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.
Just to be clear, does this mean Exmoor Associates will merge fully into the Trust and cease to be a separate organisation? I’d like to hope so, since this would reduce unnecessary complexity.
Jun 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM -
Miff liked Breva's post in the thread Barnstaple and Yeo Valley Railway Trust - B&YVRT.
As you may know, the shareholders of Exmoor Associates, the little company that is buying back the trackbed pieces of the Lynton & Barnstaple railway below Wistlandpound reservoir, recently voted to transfer the company's assets to the Barnstaple...
Jun 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM -
Miff liked Old Kent Biker's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
The Barnstaple & Yeo Valley Railway Trust is launching it's own occasional blog. Here is the first episode: https://yeovalleylines.blogspot.com/2026/06/welcome-welcome-to-yeo-valley-lines-new.html
Jun 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM -
Miff liked Fireline's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
All three were out of service by then, although it could be argued that Dom and Hastings were never really in service. Gervase at least did some work in the early years. Gervase's current overhaul is proceeding at Rolvenden, and with Hastings and...
Jun 7, 2026 at 12:35 PM -
Miff liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Second in a series of four daily posts showing more of the 350m of track laying work last week at Rother Valley Railway is here:...
Jun 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM -
Miff liked Enterprise's post in the thread V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Similarly, many British retain post-imperial delusions. Americans are on the same journey and will soon arrive. "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Jun 7, 2026 at 11:07 AM -
Miff replied to the thread V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Speed records are out of fashion. The fact that the current Land Speed Record, held by Thrust SSC, hasn’t been broken since 1997 suggests two things: 1. If somebody was interested in funding a serious challenge the record is there for the taking...
Jun 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM -
Miff liked Jamessquared's post in the thread V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Even if the T1 successfully broke the record, for 99.9% of the world it will all be a bit "meh". A bit like the efforts people spend with old Grumman Bearcats and Sea Furies, going to Reno to try and become the fastest ever piston-engined...
Jun 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM -
Miff liked goldfish's post in the thread V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
No one will care about a new speed record, any more than they’d care about a formula 1 car made of Bakelite. It’s an arms race no one is competing in, a curiosity and little more. Mallard is an emblem of much more than a number. Simon
Jun 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM -
Miff liked Streetert's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
One of the most significant posts for us.[ATTACH] https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-first-section-of-track-goes-down-1.html
Jun 6, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Miff liked 73108's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Yes they were. Back in the day as a kid I 'drove' the Ugly (aka No. 56, KESR 26 then 29) when it was in steam and remember messing around on the footplates of Arthur and Peckett Westminster when they were rusting elsewhere on the KESR. ISTR...
Jun 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM -
Miff liked 73108's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
From what I can see on t'internet, fellow Manning Wardles Rhyl and Dolobran are at the GCR(N) under long-term restoration. I remember them sat in the linear scrapyard that was the siding alongside Rolvenden platform decades ago. A personal...
Jun 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
