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Mark Thompson liked lynbarn's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Yes I did see them flying as well :Morewaitingisrequired:
Apr 16, 2024 at 8:16 PM -
Mark Thompson liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
And another post on the RVR website: Tamping the track around the headshunt for the loco shed site and turntable. In part in preparation for the 1st & 2nd June K&ESR gala weekend when trains hauled by steam loco 'Britannia' and a Class 73 from...
Apr 16, 2024 at 8:15 PM -
Mark Thompson replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Oink!Oink!
Apr 15, 2024 at 11:20 PM -
Mark Thompson liked Vulcan Works's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
15 months ago I joined the committee of a canal restoration society on its last legs that had become a 'gardening and tidying up club'. The Chair was protected by 4 stalwarts who had no new ideas and no desire to embark on any significant...
Apr 15, 2024 at 11:17 PM -
Mark Thompson liked 21B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Rapid evolution rather than revolution definitely a good aspiration. We must wait to see how members vote. There are of course many possible interpretations whenever votes are cast unless the question being voted on is very specific, but I think...
Apr 15, 2024 at 3:44 PM -
Mark Thompson liked gwilialan's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Sounds much like this well known anecdote but maybe a few of the youngsters out there may not have heard it:- A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes that he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon...
Apr 13, 2024 at 8:54 PM -
Mark Thompson liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
We still have one of those doors in the high value container along with a few panels. We also acquired recently a number of thick walled polystyrene chilled food boxes, which we are beginning to move things into for better storage and easier...
Apr 12, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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Mark Thompson liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
[IMG] Watts Occurring – the “what, why, when and how” of what we do Details of the forthcoming BRPS Annual General Meeting Work continues on the Q class tender Restoration on multiple fronts in the C&W with work on the Maunsell Restaurant Car,...
Apr 12, 2024 at 10:20 AM -
Mark Thompson liked Michael B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
If only that were true. There has been no accountability from the Chairman misrepresenting the exposure of the Trust to the Blackmoor Company or the fact that at the EGM he ignored all the comments alleging illegality from the floor, not to...
Apr 11, 2024
