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Allegheny liked 35B's post in the thread End of steam question - perception.
The simple answer to the OP's question is "3 years before I was born", because that's when LT finally got rid of steam. The more interesting question, coming out of the thread this came out of, is how that consciousness changed. This was the...
Dec 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM -
Allegheny replied to the thread End of steam question - perception.
That's the whole point of a forum like this. People can go on talking about stuff for as long as they want to.
Dec 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM -
Allegheny replied to the thread End of steam question - perception.
It's probably a bit like asking when petrol engine cars will come to an end.
Dec 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM -
Allegheny liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
So, in other words, a set of questions constrained by factors you’ve decided on and fit your vision of what the restored L&B might look like. For those of us not intimately acquainted with the costs of railway preservation, the values wee...
Dec 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM -
Allegheny liked Petra Wilde's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I basically agree with Tom. But before abandoning my fantasy heliport suggestion, I realise it missed a trick. Instead of a green fields site, the heliport should be on the foreshore at Lynton. That way the underground-railway connection to it...
Dec 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM -
Allegheny replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
My favourite type of thread drift! After you've got to Halwill Junction, you could also continue to Okehampton and Launceston. Then again, don't forget the Ilfracombe branch.
Dec 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
