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Biermeister liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I think Toby's response is the start of a very good arguement to the question you posed. There is another point to add to his response... The L&B is one of the few narrow gauge railways that wasn't an industrial/mineral run to begin with, it...
Apr 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM -
Biermeister liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
The problem is as I've said before, there are so many options, so many bits now acquired, there are also so many opinions and wants....and then we have so many challenges and difficulties right along the line from Barnstaple to Lynton. For what...
Apr 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM -
Biermeister liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Sad to say, but IMHO what sounds like a nice idea in practice is a dead duck. Experience with the Sec 52 (?) fiasco shows that - however you dress it up - those who object will have NO truck with any sort of terminus at PE (or CFL), however...
Apr 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM -
Biermeister liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
All of which may be true, but the strategic vision comes first, and then the business plan - of which the fundraising strategy is an important part - sets out how that strategic vision can be made real. There may or may not be the right people...
Apr 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM -
Biermeister liked gwralatea's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I suppose all I’m saying is, and it applies to this as well, you’re joining the dots ‘because x we need to do y’ which is still not a statement of fact so much as an argument to win. ie it’s clear what your way forward is and why, but it’s not...
Apr 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM -
Biermeister liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Having 'grown up' with the WSR from its earliest days, I've been accustomed to a heritage line with both steam-hauled coaching stock and also DMUs. There is no doubt that in its early days the use of DMUs enabled services to be maintained fair...
Apr 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM -
Biermeister liked Meatman's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
As i see it at present, if this current planning actually does get rejected then Woody Bay will essentially end up as a 0.9 mile living history open air museum of the L&BR, it has enough rolling stock for its space, any more will end up in the...
Apr 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM -
Biermeister liked Mark Thompson's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Absolutely! I'm sure that FR no.14 will be a significant example of how that plays out. It's unavoidable, and 'tis devoutly to be wished, at least for realists. (And I'm speaking as the hopeless romantic who would wait for the bladder- busting...
Apr 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM -
Biermeister liked Tobbes's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
And even if, given a billionaire's chequebook, a redux of Collection X or Statfold isn't what the L&B is about, anyway. What is a useful thing to think about is what role will "heritage" services - ie, the current coaches and the new MWs or 762...
Apr 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM -
Biermeister 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 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM -
Biermeister liked 21B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I didn’t say I thought the value for money argument was settled, rather that the Trust felt it had been. Bluntly, the trust is pursuing the wrong strategy if the aim is a longer running line. There is a lot of thinking that owes more to a garden...
Apr 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM -
Biermeister liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
As a very minor aside, consider the current restoration of the ex-L&SWR signal off the North Devon line. Leaving aside the fact that there are probably few original bits left (other than most of the post), it would be appear to be a very good...
Apr 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM -
Biermeister liked lynbarn's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I do agree with you on this, however, I just can't get excited, or do I have the confidence that they could raise the sort of money they need for this to happen, I feel it is time as much as I hate saying this that we need to bring in people with...
Apr 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM -
Biermeister liked Pete Thornhill's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Exactly that. In an ideal world you would add to what you have already built but if that’s not an option look at the bigger picture and work with what you have and turn that into an opportunity.
Apr 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM -
Biermeister liked Tobbes's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
@Pete Thornhill I think that's right. I've struggled with the idea of a two site operation, and ideally you wouldn't do it. But IF the extension to Cricket Field Lane is turned down in line with the Planning Officer's recommendation next week,...
Apr 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
