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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    If the railway can get planning and TWAO for an extention to Cricket Field Lane, then they can get it for an extention to Parracombe. Arguably,...
    Post by: Tintagel, Apr 27, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    How challenging would it be for the Lynton and Barnstaple to extend north to Caffyns?
    Post by: Tintagel, Apr 6, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    The primary, and legitmate concern of the school was that the turntable was going to lead to vast amounts of traffic heading down tiny country...
    Post by: Tintagel, Mar 23, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    I'm not a L&B member, but surely the most sensible course of action in the short term is to reapply for planning permission for an extention to...
    Post by: Tintagel, Mar 23, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Loco 76017

    I presume 76017 is still sat at Southall?
    Post by: Tintagel, Mar 15, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Just reading some of the earlier posts, I thought if it impossible to get a four coach run round loop in at Parracombe, perhaps installing a three...
    Post by: Tintagel, Dec 31, 2022 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

    Put you on the footplate of a Hall for a hour or two in pouring rain and I think you'd find the Bulleid Pacific rather attractive...
    Post by: Tintagel, Dec 14, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    It would be daft to get rid of the SR concrete shelter at Parracombe. Given the place isn't going to much more than Killington Lane 2.0, (i.e a...
    Post by: Tintagel, Nov 19, 2022 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

    I'm afraid I disagree with the idea that rebuilding 80150 will only cost 'a bit more.' This was one of the Barry Ten, an engine which got left in...
    Post by: Tintagel, Nov 12, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

    80150 is a wreck with a huge patch in the firebox, most of the motion missing (I think the group have obtained some coupling rods) no injectors...
    Post by: Tintagel, Nov 10, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

    Given the MHR isn't in the best place with motive power, especially with the concerning rumours about 76017, I'd have thought the next locomotive...
    Post by: Tintagel, Nov 1, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    92207 Morning Star

    I hope this goes well for the the SDRHT but I feel that with rising coal prices that this may be a poor move in the long run, before even...
    Post by: Tintagel, Oct 11, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    I see on the L&B website Van 23 is pretty much complete and only waiting for an underframe, and that they hope to start on Carriage 9 (Another...
    Post by: Tintagel, Aug 21, 2022 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    I hate to the person looking for flaws, but what precisely can be done at East Grinstead, given the heavily restricted site, beyond replacing the...
    Post by: Tintagel, Jul 25, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Llangollen Railway

    I'd argue that the tactile strips don't look that out of place, and given the nature of a island platform provide an additional safeguard against...
    Post by: Tintagel, May 29, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK