Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

This is the link I used: https://762club.com/news/news-update

I wonder if this is an old website?

 

Right website, but that’s a link to a specific article from 2022. You can either
1) delete /news-update from the link you’re using, or
2) click on the ‘menu’ button in the middle of the page you see, then select ‘News’ from the dropdown menu.
Either way will get you to the complete news section.

 

Try here: https://762club.com/news

Tom

 

Thanks, guys. No sooner had I posted the above than I realised what the issue was all sorted now.

 

"....We are very close to the point where the boiler order will have to be postponed......"

What is not clear is whether this is because (a) there is no money available for the boiler or (b) there is some, but just not enough, money available for the boiler, in which case how much is the shortfall?

Out of curiosity - not being someone accustomed to buying loco boilers - what is the current 'ball-park' figure for a new MW boiler please?

 

Will they afford two boilers and an overhaul for the Baldwin?

 

In theory, there should be more than enough money from LYN's steaming fees to cover LYN's overhaul; however, I can't give you an answer to the cost of the two boilers since I am not aware of any costs being made public. I would just hope that those finances are already in place.

Building these Manning Wardles is most definitely a Marmite project; some stakeholders want to see this happen, while others, for their own reasons, can't see the point.

One thing which a lot of people get confused with is that they think the L&BR Trust is running this part of the project, which it is not; the 762Club is a separate charity with no membership, but it relies on people agreeing to become stakeholders.

Now, before anyone jumps down my throat and tells me that a stakeholder is a member, then think again. As I have been contacted in the past by other former stakeholders who are not happy with the lack of public accountability of the 762 Club. And to be honest, I agree with that. However, I think I should leave it there for now.

All I will say for now is that those people who have created this situation need to stand up and take responsibility for it, and I dare say call an AGM at a time and place where most stakeholders can attend and ask any questions and get any actions that need to be carried out done at the time.

For what it is worth, there is also a certain amount of fallout due to the L&BR itself not having extended over the past few years, but that, as they say, is a totally different ball game.