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  1. Mark Thompson replied to the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    Whichever direction it was travelling in, full and standing is damn excellent for a very wet February!

    Feb 20, 2026 at 6:25 PM

  2. Mark Thompson liked Big Al's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    Much to my shame, I made a belated first visit to the KESR the other day, taking care to avoid the Gruffalo event! It really is a lovely line and despite the manual operation of the various road crossing points, it seems to work well at its own...

    20260217_123732A.jpg Feb 20, 2026 at 6:22 PM

  3. Mark Thompson liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    A drone video journey along the new railway giving an overview of reconstruction progress to date: [MEDIA] And, a number of news updates on the RVR Blog at: https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/ Mike

    Feb 20, 2026 at 12:26 AM

  4. Mark Thompson liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    As I see it, there are two major problems with that approach:- 1. There will be a length of track and a putative Halt that may stand idle for goodness knows how long, meanwhile needing regular maintenance that will divert resources from...

    Feb 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM

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

    I think @lynbarn approves of the B&YV Trust approach, provided each incremental section of reconstructed line is at least long enough to house a pair of 2ft gauge Indian Pacific locos sourced from Collection X and also includes a fun fair to...

    Feb 18, 2026 at 9:26 AM

  6. Mark Thompson liked Miff's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Colin, what do you think of the B&YV Trust’s recently announced strategy (see my 5 Feb post) to “borrow from the canal restoration world to build where we can, gradually linking together sections of the line” ? It’s much lower key than any of...

    Feb 18, 2026 at 9:26 AM

  7. Mark Thompson liked pmh_74's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I'm glad you think so, because in my experience directors and trustees of heritage railways, across the country, are almost all volunteers. Managers is another matter; if you need someone to run the thing 7 days a week then it stands to reason...

    Feb 17, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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