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Snail368 liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
As far as I understand, 762/Lyn is capable of pulling an eight carriage rake but the biggest problem would be platforms. Woody Bay is currently about 250' and can take five carriages at 40' each plus one loco...two locos and it straddles the...
Apr 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM -
Snail368 liked lynbarn's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
As others have said, the whole project needs a business plan; without it, we will only flounder all over the place and look silly. The key to raising the sort of money we need starts with the Business plan and then getting all the members on...
Apr 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM -
Snail368 liked 21B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Perhaps before we build a longer railway we should decide what livery the interior of the toilet cubicles should be? If we want a longer line we have to focus on what matters in the right order and proportion.
Apr 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM -
Snail368 liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Just a note on toilets onboard trains. Ffestiniog do have toilets on certain trains with service cars, notably The Woodland Wanderer does not, and they advise that toilets are available at the layover at Tan-y-Bwlch. Other services where...
Apr 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM -
Snail368 liked gwralatea's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Why? Other than your long held ambition to buy/restore/run almost anything other than L&B stock? Feels a bit like special pleading for your preferred hobby horse - a solution in continual search of a problem…
Apr 28, 2025 at 6:22 AM -
Snail368 liked ghost's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Colin, you’ve mentioned bringing in professional fundraisers several times and also proffered a price of £10m per mile for reinstatement. You’ve also mentioned a narrow gauge Statfold type railway museum several times. Three questions: 1. Are...
Apr 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
