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  1. brmp201 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I would suggest for the most part, you should politely reject such requests. Just because a heritage site exists doesn't mean that it is duty-bound to accept anything that is offered. That is, incidentally, the context of my point about a...

    Aug 10, 2026 at 2:33 PM

  2. brmp201 liked Musket The Dog's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Would it be worth repeating (again?) the potential for anyone with internet access to view the statements in this forum and use them against the railway, without any context of the surrounding discussion? Especially at a time when the railway is...

    Aug 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM

  3. brmp201 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Thanks. We took a couple of trips either side of lunch, and - having spent the previous week in Cornwall - my wife and I split the difference on the correct sequence of scone / cream / jam for lunch in between! I think what really struck me was...

    Aug 10, 2026 at 8:06 AM

  4. brmp201 liked mgp's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Tom I also called at Woody Bay for a lunchtime pasty and a train ride on my way home from holiday yesterday - I was on the 1.30 train. Thanks for your feedback, be it complimentary or constructive criticism. Did you see the glass display...

    Aug 10, 2026 at 8:04 AM

  5. brmp201 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I dropped in and paid a first visit yesterday on our way back from holiday, so a few impressions. Firstly, on the positive side - the setting of Woody Bay is divine, and the place oozes SR atmosphere. [ATTACH] The necessary additions that...

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  6. brmp201 liked mdewell's post in the thread Oswestry Update.

    73129 now back in service at Cambrian Heritage Railways. [IMG] https://www.heritage-railways.com/locosdb/locosdb2.php?RefNo=3388 It was out of use since early July due to a change of ownership (It previously being owned by one individual). CHR...

    Aug 10, 2026 at 7:57 AM

  7. brmp201 liked saddle-tank's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I will do my best but it's s difficult to not get personal at this point where so few are trying to use opinions , personal thoughts and interpretation of things and are doing more harm than good on an open source website ( national preservation...

    Aug 8, 2026 at 9:50 AM

  8. brmp201 liked mdewell's post in the thread Oswestry Update.

    A new locomotive has recently arrived at Oswestry, built in 1907 at the Cambrian Railway’s Oswestry Workshops [ATTACH] [ATTACH] PS. Have you spotted the mistake on the label? PPS. On loan from the National Trust, that's their label.

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  9. brmp201 liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    On the GWSR Broadway extension we levelled the original trackbed, then ferried out ballast from a central point with two big dumpers. A JCB then levelled the ballast piles, on terram, to 8 ins high. We tried a laser attachment to the JCB, but our...

    Aug 6, 2026 at 11:29 AM

  10. brmp201 liked Jonnie's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    Preservation is all about working together. Yesterday evening, I popped over from the Spa Valley Railway and spent some time at the Bluebell, re-familiarising and assessing two of their Driver Inspectors on Hastings Diesels Limited's Class 201...

    Aug 5, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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