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  1. pmh_74 liked Breva's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    A schoolfriend of mine had a Heinkel bubble car, and rolled it on to it's side when turning sharp right. He got out, heaved it upright again, and drove on. It cost him an indicator light, that's all :)

    Aug 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM
  2. pmh_74 liked estwdjhn's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Don't diss Reliant Robins - speaking from actual experience (I owned one for a couple of years), they are a much better vehicle than popular culture would have you believe. Handling is actually fine once you get used to the feeling of it, I...

    Aug 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM
  3. pmh_74 replied to the thread Argentine steam.

    Nice. After a bit of online digging around, that loco was at Ferroclub Argentino's workshop at Remedios de Escalada in 1999... I think I visited that place in 2002, so I probably saw this loco. Not in steam though! But what I really enjoyed most...

    Aug 28, 2026 at 3:10 PM
  4. pmh_74 liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Is an Austin Princess a Texan version of M Markle ?? :-)

    Aug 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM
  5. pmh_74 replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    To be honest I wouldn't worry too much about those sorts of objections. The planners will read them, but the decision will be based on what the application says, not what someone believes it says when they apply conspiracy theories and read...

    Aug 27, 2026 at 1:44 PM
  6. pmh_74 replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Back in the day, a friend's Dad had a Reliant Robin. He then replaced that with another Reliant Robin, and IIRC subsequently replaced that with yet another Reliant Robin. Mind you he later had an Austin Princess and replaced that with an Austin...

    Aug 27, 2026 at 1:25 PM