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35B replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
So the land purchase bill trebles, and the railway then has to manage enforcement of any covenants if there's an attempt to breach them. The issue is a simple and hypothetical one to do with one particular site, while the Trust has the ability...
Aug 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM -
35B replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
The law doesn't necessarily support this view; it's relationship to a donkey may or may not be in question! More generally, the point is surely that if an organisation sells land, it needs to think carefully about the possible future uses of...
Aug 11, 2026 at 1:42 PM -
35B liked Spike's post in the thread Brighton Belle update.
It certainly did, seen here approaching Stafford led by 20107.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Aug 11, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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35B liked Bikermike's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Agreed.
Aug 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM -
35B replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
;) All of which factors complicate decision making, but do not remove the need to answer underlying question about how the OSI business supports (or not) the railway. My strong hope, to be clear, is that OSI trades well enough to avoid bringing...
Aug 11, 2026 at 10:40 AM -
35B replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
In general, I agree - and I wish OSI (like any rural pub) well. However, there is a scenario in which OSI could be "viable" when viewed as a standalone business, but not generating enough surplus to justify the capital tied up, or the time and...
Aug 11, 2026 at 9:21 AM -
35B replied to the thread Fire Risk.
I think it does matter, but how much depends on a number of factors. I've witnessed people walk away when told that they'll get a diesel, but the conversation was simply steam/diesel in the context of a railway whose advertising focused on...
Aug 11, 2026 at 9:15 AM -
35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Fire Risk.
A lot of good points in there. To take the Bluebell as an example, we have something like 30 drivers, but only around half of them have diesel competence of some kind. Moreover, for the class 33 and class 201 that had generally lapsed at the...
Aug 11, 2026 at 9:10 AM
