Paul42 近期的活动
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Paul42 支持 Jamessquared 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.
I would suggest for the most part, you should politely reject such requests. Just because a heritage site exists doesn't mean that it is duty-bound to accept anything that is offered. That is, incidentally, the context of my point about a...
2026-08-10 , 15:22 -
Paul42 支持 RailWest 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.
IMHO one of the key problems with the L&BRT for a long time has been the lack of formal, agreed policies on many aspects of the restoration and operation. Even the current 'business strategy' to some extent is very high-level and does not get...
2026-08-10 , 13:15 -
Paul42 支持 LMS2968 在 Fire Risk 内发表的帖子.
The justification is mentioned elsewhere in this forum: the drop-off in passenger numbers when diesel replaces steam. Whatever the issues, unless the passengers turn up and buy their tickets, you're running your diesels at a loss, which cannot go...
2026-08-10 , 10:23 -
Paul42 支持 Selsig 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.
I'm looking forward to the triple deltic loco required for the L&B's operations (a class 55 is 3300 HP, so a 10,000 HP, 2' gauge loco would be a sight to see!) For equivalence, the Funkey diesels on the WHR are 350 HP, the SAR class 91s,...
2026-08-10 , 07:58 -
Paul42在主题 Bluebell Railway General Discussion 内上传了附件.
Some more photos [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
2026-08-09 , 17:59
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Paul42在主题 Bluebell Railway General Discussion 内上传了附件.
An enjoyable day, Pullman Breakfast followed by a run behind the Hastings unit. I also gave directions to someone I know from Photo Charters how to go round the road closure. [ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] Thanks to all those involved in...
2026-08-09 , 17:52
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Paul42 支持 Flying Phil 在 34039 Boscastle WC class 内发表的帖子.
The shareholders of Boscastle Locomotive Ltd received excellent news recently that there has been a full and final settlement of the insurance claim following the theft of parts three years ago. It is said that this will cover about 90% of the...
2026-08-09 , 16:40 -
Paul42 支持 Jamessquared 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.
I dropped in and paid a first visit yesterday on our way back from holiday, so a few impressions. Firstly, on the positive side - the setting of Woody Bay is divine, and the place oozes SR atmosphere. [ATTACH] The necessary additions that...
2026-08-09 , 16:20
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Paul42 回复主题: Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Thanks. I will turn off at Danehill, down Freshfield Lane, Sloop Lane, ,various other names for the next section then Banks Road to go round it.
2026-08-08 , 20:33 -
Paul42 支持 WorkingPressure225 在 Bluebell Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
The closure is just on the south side of the Sheffield Park Gardens entrance, so you access the National Trust site from the north and the railway from the south.
2026-08-08 , 20:28 -
Paul42 支持 Miff 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.
@Jamessquared - to be fair to Colin, it seems to me the previous planning application failed because the L&B didn’t do exactly that. I hope they’ve learned the lesson.
2026-08-08 , 20:16 -
Paul42 支持 Jamessquared 在 Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development 内发表的帖子.
And in tomorrow’s episode of “Lynbarn states the bloody obvious”, we examine the issue of “rails - why there is no substitute for ensuring they are laid everywhere the trains need to go”. Tom
2026-08-08 , 20:16 -
Paul42 支持 Devonbelle 在 Bluebell Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
Brilliant Bluebell. Well done Bluebell Railway staff and HDL. Smashing visit today and the questioning of my sanity catching the 0700.Bristol TM to Paddington soon disappeared when a 33/1 hauled me from East Grinstead,.the first one since the...
2026-08-08 , 15:11
