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  1. ellenbee pioneer
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    'Lew'

    My guess is that it went to a paper mill, ran till the boiler failed and then was dumped. There was never any documented proof it was destined...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏21 اكتوبر 2020 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  3. ellenbee pioneer
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    'Lew'

    ! Never looked at the date! ah well...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏21 اكتوبر 2020 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  4. ellenbee pioneer
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    'Lew'

    To answer Neil Scott, the reason the L&B is so celebrated is for a variety of factors, not least that it was closed at the very height of its...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏21 اكتوبر 2020 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  5. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    Frankly, yes!! Have a 'who cares if it's accurate or not' approach and you might as well bulldoze an original station and replace it with...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏1 أوت 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  6. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    No, I am not Andy - I've got better punctuation! As for details like the final livery, I am very surprised that a locomotive costing circa £800k...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏1 أوت 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  7. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    So, someone points out inaccuracies and that's the response?! I notice you don't deny that Lyn is not in the same livery as page 103 in 'Measured...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏1 أوت 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  8. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    Did he ? Or did Alan Keef's not find the right shade at B&Q? Because Lyn is patently different from the colours in 'Measured and Drawn' or Phoenix...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏1 أوت 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  9. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    You need to have a word with your sources because Maunsell Olive Green it most certainly ain't! The green is far too light, almost malachite, and...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏31 جويلية 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  10. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    Which 'Southern Railway Green'? Maunsell Olive Green, Maunsell Dover Green, Bulleid Experimental Green or Malachite?
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏30 جويلية 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  11. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    An honest mistake, easily made. Not like the comments I have seen in print of '...L&B Manning Wardles in their characteristic malachite green...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏30 جويلية 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  12. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    Would be very interested where this story about a 1964 repaint came from as from my recollections of travelling on the line in 1964 and Geoff...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏27 جويلية 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  13. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    There's a lantern slide in existence, hand coloured, of Lyn and train entering Town station. Whilst Lyn appears in the agreed green and black,...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏27 جويلية 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  14. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    Cambrian bronze green? Are you sure? I thought the locos carried standard BR Dark Loco Green as per Swindon standard? As for the Southern coach...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏27 جويلية 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  15. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    Neither was Lyn. Lyn in full Maunsell livery occurred at the time of the 1929 General Overhaul/Rebuild when the Southern made significant...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏27 جويلية 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  16. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    You'd be right, too. I really cannot understand why these technical 'improvements' were ever deemed necessary. Adding further complication to an...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏12 إبريل 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  17. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    You're not Colin Rainsbury, by any chance?
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏12 إبريل 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  18. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    As someone who held a position of responsibility on the L&B for 13 years, starting from when all we had was four hundred yards of Parracombe bog...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏11 إبريل 2018 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  19. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    It could be any of the above reasons or none of them. Does anybody know anything more? The phrase 'service trains' explains nothing except that it...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏3 اكتوبر 2017 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  20. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    Taking the tone from your own pompous and ill-thought-out post!
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏3 اكتوبر 2017 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
  21. ellenbee pioneer
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    Wind your neck in. How can I be 'spreading false rumours' if I'm relaying an official statement? And in case you can't read a post, I asked if...
    المشاركة بواسطة: ellenbee pioneer, ‏3 اكتوبر 2017 في منتدى: Narrow Gauge Railways
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