lynbarns letzte Aktivitäten
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lynbarn antwortete auf das Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I am not sure if this is still relevant, but an older version of the trust's objects was to rebuild all of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. Now I suspect that much of the misunderstanding relates to the following, which needs to be agreed upon...
29 April 2025 um 00:07 -
lynbarn gefällt 21Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Let’s work out the answer to the question. Then sort out what that means in terms of what the railway has to deliver, which will answer the question about what service it has to run. THEN, we can worry about how many carriages should be in each...
28 April 2025 um 23:40 -
lynbarn gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I agree, but to me the question about demand has to do with how many bums you can get in NG carriage seats. After all, an NG carriage will not take the 64 of an MK1 TSO.
28 April 2025 um 23:39 -
lynbarn gefällt DaveEs Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
28 April 2025 um 23:39 -
lynbarn gefällt RailWests Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Ian - perhaps I should have phrased that slightly differently, as I meant (A) as a next step in addition to keeping (B). Also, the electric railcars (or whatever) could be an interim measure until such time as Pilton MK2 gets built somewhere in...
28 April 2025 um 22:14 -
lynbarn gefällt RailWests Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Maybe, but.....in the apparent absence of any plans that might stand a good chance of getting approval to extend the operational railway - if necessary by starting a new stretch somewhere further south, then why not spend time and effort in the...
28 April 2025 um 22:13 -
lynbarn gefällt ikcdabs Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Hi Chris, you haven't graced us with what you would prefer. My choice would be (B). We are supposed to be rebuilding the L&B and you have referred to its unique character. Therefore to have electric Railcars on a line that probably has...
28 April 2025 um 22:12 -
lynbarn gefällt flying scotsman123s Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I was sort of wondering similar, not "Why do we need another" but more, "Is it actually possible?" Just because we really want something to be so, doesn't mean it is. There's been lots of on the face of it sage posts saying a business plan is...
28 April 2025 um 18:37 -
lynbarn gefällt 21Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I think that no discussion is fruitful or likely to be until the questions I posed earlier are answered. Which I can condense to one question: Why do we need to build another heritage railway? It isn’t enough (by a long way) for the answer to...
28 April 2025 um 18:36 -
lynbarn gefällt RailWests Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
28 April 2025 um 18:35 -
lynbarn antwortete auf das Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Hi Peter, I do take on board what you say, but as I have been saying for years, what this project needs is both a business plan and a fundraising strategy to be in place. Sadly, no one listens. Flights of fancy, they may be, but I feel they are...
28 April 2025 um 14:39 -
lynbarn gefällt Pete Thornhills Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I agree Colin but hope you are taking some of your on advice onboard, no offence intended, but you are one of the worst offenders in thinking way ahead of what is needed now. I’m not saying they shouldn’t be considered at all but it’s about...
28 April 2025 um 13:14 -
lynbarn gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Which is true - and why it's necessary to decide what the project is trying to do before trying to say how it will be done.
28 April 2025 um 13:14 -
lynbarn antwortete auf das Thema 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...
28 April 2025 um 11:02 -
lynbarn gefällt Meatmans Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
28 April 2025 um 10:54
