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  1. Mark Thompson vond ghost's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Don’t give Colin ideas or he’ll be launching an appeal to import a German loco!

    27 jun 2026 om 18:53

  2. Mark Thompson vond RailWest's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    'One Engine in Steam' was usually described in the Regulations as "one engine, or two engines coupled together". To that extent, the later term of "One Train Working" had more validity perhaps. The other point to consider is not to confuse the...

    26 jun 2026 om 16:57

  3. Mark Thompson reageerde op het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Only on the strictest note of pedantry. Because at no time will either engine be operating independently of either the train, or each other. The train would be one permanent continuous entity. The fact that there is a permanently coupled...

    26 jun 2026 om 16:20

  4. Mark Thompson vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Why would the ORR insist on that? The ORR isn’t in the business of setting prescriptive policies about how heritage railways operate. What it wants to see is that you have robust processes in place to identify and manage risks - that’s quite a...

    26 jun 2026 om 16:13

  5. Mark Thompson vond RailWest's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    AFAIK the application is still in draft form, so I doubt anyone on here knows what it contains. One would hope however that those involved with its drafting have learnt from the past mistakes and will make renewed efforts to get it as...

    25 jun 2026 om 21:53

  6. Mark Thompson vond Miff's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    All good stuff @pmh_74 I agree 100% I would also say do this hand in hand with B&YV Trust’s new strategy of rebuilding the track (but not operating trains, other than perhaps occasional open days) on the sections they own. This will prove the...

    22 jun 2026

  7. Mark Thompson vond pmh_74's post leuk in het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Given that (a) the ENPA previously gave permission to rebuild the L&B through said landowner's land (if they could buy it), and (b) the current thinking seems to be to ignore that bit and stick to the bit they own, which doesn't affect said...

    22 jun 2026
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