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  1. ghost 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 1:56 PM

  2. ghost 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 1:54 PM

  3. ghost liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    All of that is where policies are required, to determine what the railway wishes to do. But the important point is that it is the railway, and its members, who should make those decisions based on what they need. That leads to a second point -...

    Aug 10, 2026 at 1:54 PM

  4. ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I was explicitly writing in the context of a "one railway" solution, i.e. what you might need to operate the current railway, or any extension of that railway that is feasible within the lifetime of such a policy. If a "two railway" operation was...

    Aug 10, 2026 at 12:36 PM

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

    I'm sure you could nuance the numbers if you spent a sensible amount of time considering a policy rather than 10 minutes off the top of my head like I did! But that doesn't change the overall thrust of the argument, and I doubt the numbers are...

    Aug 10, 2026 at 12:35 PM

  6. ghost liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    In choice terms, the policy proposed is consistent with the sort of approach you've advocated for NYMR, in which preference is given to "authentic" locomotives rather than requiring strict local heritage compliance. As an ordinary member, I...

    Aug 10, 2026 at 12:31 PM

  7. ghost liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Which takes us to the age old question of whether it's hp or TE that matters for running a railway. I'd tend to go with hp as a better measure of operational performance rather than outright pulling power. All of which is taken care of in...

    Aug 10, 2026 at 10:25 AM

  8. ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I'd like to see the 10,000hp narrow gauge loco! Being serious, I'd say having "unwritten rules" does not cut it: that is the gap through which all sorts of unsuitable ideas can germinate. So if it doesn't exist, sooner or later you are going to...

    Aug 10, 2026 at 10:24 AM

  9. ghost liked Selsig's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I'm looking forward to the triple deltic loco required for the L&B's operations (a class 55 is 3300 HP, so a 10,000 HP, 2' gauge loco would be a sight to see!) For equivalence, the Funkey diesels on the WHR are 350 HP, the SAR class 91s,...

    Aug 10, 2026 at 10:21 AM

  10. ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    No, although I suspect there are a few who would not be averse to acquiring some - if only as "proof we are in the big league now, we've got a siding of rusty future projects". I'm sure we've all been to lines where, had the "guide to the line"...

    Aug 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM

  11. ghost 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 9, 2026 at 9:46 PM

  12. ghost 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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  13. ghost replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Yes of course it would be better to celebrate the closure anniversary with a longer run, but I think trying to force that through could lead to annoying the neighbours, annoying the ENPA, annoying the parish council or getting into a lot of debt....

    Aug 8, 2026 at 4:19 PM

  14. ghost replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Why does it matter Colin? The worst thing the L&B could do is to put artificial deadlines on themselves. Anniversaries can be celebrated with whatever length of track/rolling stock is available. Trying to rush things will inevitably lead to...

    Aug 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM

  15. ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    And in tomorrow’s episode of “Lynbarn states the bloody obvious”, we examine the issue of “rails - why there is no substitute for ensuring they are laid everywhere the trains need to go”. Tom

    Aug 7, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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