ghosts letzte Aktivitäten
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ghost gefällt Miffs Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
@lynbarn - the Vale of Rheidol did that in a number of places, to prevent or remove forestry plantations spoiling the view. However this was only possible with the help of their incredibly rich benefactor (Peter 'X' Rampton - who was once...
11 August 2026 um 23:13 -
ghost gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
11 August 2026 um 23:13 -
ghost gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
10 August 2026 um 13:56 -
ghost gefällt Musket The Dogs Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
10 August 2026 um 13:54 -
ghost gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema 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 -...
10 August 2026 um 13:54 -
ghost gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
10 August 2026 um 12:36 -
ghost gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
10 August 2026 um 12:35 -
ghost gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
10 August 2026 um 12:31 -
ghost gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
10 August 2026 um 10:25 -
ghost gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
10 August 2026 um 10:24 -
ghost gefällt Selsigs Beitrag in dem Thema 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,...
10 August 2026 um 10:21 -
ghost gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 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"...
9 August 2026 um 21:49 -
ghost gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
9 August 2026 um 21:46 -
ghost gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
9 August 2026 um 11:40
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ghost antwortete auf das Thema 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....
8 August 2026 um 16:19
