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    Rolling Stock For Sale

    Yep, just added a tenner to the cause https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/gcr799-rail-carriage-rescue?utm_source=CL&utm_medium=DT
    Post by: lynbarn, Mar 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM in forum: Heritage Rolling Stock
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    Rolling Stock For Sale

    Hi Mark, thinking about it overnight, yes, I do recall it was said at the time that it couldn't be used due to it having Asbestos inside it. Now I...
    Post by: lynbarn, Mar 7, 2026 in forum: Heritage Rolling Stock
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    Rolling Stock For Sale

    I got very disappointed the last time I visited the Bluebell (which was some time ago now), as the LNWR Observation carriage was out of service...
    Post by: lynbarn, Mar 6, 2026 in forum: Heritage Rolling Stock
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    Rolling Stock For Sale

    Hi Keith, sorry I didn't make it clear that it was aimed at Stuart Reeder and not StoneRoad
    Post by: lynbarn, Mar 6, 2026 in forum: Heritage Rolling Stock
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    Rolling Stock For Sale

    I think the term "having a business plan" comes to mind, and while you're at it, why not do a SWOT analysis? As for costings, I would suggest you...
    Post by: lynbarn, Mar 6, 2026 in forum: Heritage Rolling Stock
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    Rolling Stock For Sale

    While the intent may be good, I do wonder if the whole project has been thought through. There will be costs which may have been overlooked after...
    Post by: lynbarn, Mar 5, 2026 in forum: Heritage Rolling Stock
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    Hunslet ZA6 new build.

    Try this page 14 https://www.festrail.co.uk/appeal/pdf/hiag-2025-eng.pdf
    Post by: lynbarn, Mar 2, 2026 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    Just looking at the Facebook page for Sharpthorn, I think you might find it will require much more work than has been realised so far, which begs...
    Post by: lynbarn, Mar 2, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Yes, that would be the better way to go about it if we couldn't purchase the trackbed straight away. I only suggested the above in light of the...
    Post by: lynbarn, Mar 2, 2026 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    I am only quoting what I was told by some of the staff at the NRM a few years back. I think the FR said pretty much the same about the Double...
    Post by: lynbarn, Mar 1, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    That, of course, is the problem for all heritage steam locomotives; eventually, we discussed this on the Lynton and Barnstaple thread many years...
    Post by: lynbarn, Mar 1, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    With this government playing silly buggers with farmers (don't think for one moment that their policy regarding taxing the size of farm has gone...
    Post by: lynbarn, Mar 1, 2026 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Three things come to mind:- 1) The Trust will need to change its communication to the Parracombe community, and it will also need to understand...
    Post by: lynbarn, Feb 28, 2026 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    My understanding is that this is going to be a bit of a chess game, and the opportunity to acquire this amount of fill cheaply does not happen...
    Post by: lynbarn, Feb 28, 2026 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    Thanks, Alex, it might just happen in my lifetime to see both the Earl and the County both in steam at the same location, if all the parties...
    Post by: lynbarn, Feb 26, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK