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  1. Mark Thompson 回复主题: Rother Valley Railway.

    Quite correct, Harold. I would appear to be losing my senses

    2026-05-05 , 10:32

  2. Mark Thompson 支持 H Cloutt 在 Rother Valley Railway 内发表的帖子.

    Looking at the Pictures - I believe that the passing loop is to the west of Bridge 24 on the way to Salehurst Halt.

    2026-05-05 , 10:30

  3. Mark Thompson 支持 RailWest 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.

    I've had cause to look at this again. (Too much idle time on my hands? If only....) From my experience of corporate situations, a 'Vision' statement is usually something along the lines of a one-line short, snappy objective. In which case,...

    2026-05-02 , 18:30

  4. Mark Thompson 支持 mikehartuk 在 Rother Valley Railway 内发表的帖子.

    Thanks Mike Goodwin. In reply. Plans aren't to lay the P Way in two phases as finished trackbed becomes available. Phase one of track laying will comprise the section from the old Salehurst Halt site back to Junction Rd with plans to complete...

    2026-05-01 , 10:35

  5. Mark Thompson 回复主题: Rother Valley Railway.

    Noel, with things as they stand, and I hope I am not speaking out of turn, this next twelvemonth will see much civil engineering and bridge work being undertaken, abutments rebuilt, and waybeams either replaced or refurbished. Level crossing...

    2026-04-30 , 21:24

  6. Mark Thompson 回复主题: Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    On reflection, whilst I'll definitely go to the B&YVRT agm, I think I may spend the evening in the bar of the Fox and Goose instead. Whatever I hear there will be far more informative, even if its nothing to do with the railway.

    2026-04-30 , 18:30

  7. Mark Thompson 支持 RailWest 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.

    I see from the AGM paperwork that the railway now has a 'Vision'. I wonder if it yet has a published strategy? The Vision states that the railway "....is built and operated in line with modern practices". Personally I would prefer that it was...

    2026-04-30 , 18:22

  8. Mark Thompson 回复主题: Rother Valley Railway.

    Interesting update, showing where the westernmost passing loop will be laid, in between bridges 24 and 25 (Austen's). The land is historic KESR curtillage, dating from the 1940s rebuilding of these bridges https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/?m=1

    2026-04-30 , 17:38

  9. Mark Thompson 回复主题: Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I think I may well need a hip-flask for this coming AGM

    2026-04-29
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