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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...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 21 окт 2020 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    'Lew'

    ! Never looked at the date! ah well...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 21 окт 2020 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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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...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 21 окт 2020 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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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...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 1 авг 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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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...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 1 авг 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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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...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 1 авг 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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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...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 1 авг 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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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...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 31 июл 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Baldwin "Lyn" new build.

    Which 'Southern Railway Green'? Maunsell Olive Green, Maunsell Dover Green, Bulleid Experimental Green or Malachite?
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 30 июл 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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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...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 30 июл 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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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...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 27 июл 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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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,...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 27 июл 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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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...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 27 июл 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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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...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 27 июл 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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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...
    Сообщение от: ellenbee pioneer, 12 апр 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways