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green five liked Steve's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Flipping heck! That road is wide by South Devon standards. In the South Hams where I holiday it’s common for the greenery on the Devon banks to touch both sides of the car. If you meet another vehicle it’s simply a case of one of you backing up...
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM -
green five liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
To give an example.... IMHO it is quite clear from the application plans that, once the bungalow at PE has been demolished, the only 'developement' at the site will be the platform, the main running line and the loop line. (There is also a...
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM -
green five liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Like my school teachers used to say - must try harder - finding PE station ought to be quite simple if you look at a map or Google :) I have been to PE station site on more than one occasion and parked there to have wander about without AFAIK...
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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green five liked Johnb's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
My connection with MNLPS took a long time, I spent a lot of time in 66/7 travelling on and photographing what was the last steam main line and often had the financial misfortune to encounter someone from MNLPS shaking a collecting tin . I don't...
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:22 PM -
green five liked S.A.C. Martin's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
This is my ninth year as treasurer… :Happy:
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:21 PM -
green five liked Chris86's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
I feel like this is great news, and I hope that the feeling from inside the organisations involved is similar! I do hope that 35025 does return to the mainline, I have memories of seeing her at Loughborough when I was younger and thinking that...
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:21 PM -
green five liked John Petley's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
I hope your post and communications with MNLPS members will reassure people such as such as @Steamage (See his post #309). He has raised some perfectly valid points - to which I could add the issue of support crews if both 35025 and 35028 were...
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:21 PM -
green five liked S.A.C. Martin's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
Please do be patient with us as we work out the details. I have noted my inbox and responded as best I can but have and will continue to refer people to the press statement above and to refer to our communications officer. Please do not reach...
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:20 PM -
green five liked Flying Phil's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
Having been a long time supporter of 35025 (from its GCR days) I was very pleased that SLL did take it on and proceeded with its preservation and protection. I am even more pleased that MNLPS are to restore it to Main Line running...eventually...
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:19 PM -
green five liked 5944's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
Offer accepted! [ATTACH]
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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green five liked torgormaig's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
No, it never has been and isn't to this day, even on the side that is "complete". 34051 had a wandering life in its early preservation days - Brighton, Tyseley, Didcot - with no inventry of what was on the loco at that time so bits did just walk....
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:17 PM -
green five liked RAB3L's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
When 34051 was at Didcot, we asked John Bellwood where all the missing parts were. Do you think that 35029 was 'complete' when it left Barry?
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:17 PM -
green five liked Jamessquared's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
A pedant writes: Bulleid locos don't have Boxpok wheels, they have BFB ("Bulleid - Firth Brown") wheels. Although superficially similar, there are detail differences. In particular, a BFB wheel is cast with a corrugated form which you could...
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:14 PM -
green five liked Chris86's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
When 34051 had it's cosmetic refresh at the MHR I remember seeing a video saying that it had a number of parts made or returned as they had been lost or loaned for other locos. Chris
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:14 PM -
green five liked misspentyouth62's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.
some trivia reference 35025 and tenders ....... The third series of MNs utilised 6000g tenders and 35025 ran with tender 3343 until June 1952 when it was fitted with tender 3350 through to withdrawal in September 1964. Moved to Woodhams in March...
Aug 25, 2026 at 1:14 PM
