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WIP at home: Part II Thursday 23rd April

Apr
25
2020

As was promised last week, here is part 2 of the Tyers ETT machine saga from Roger Bye.

The first machines, in various states, arrived at Woody Bay in 2014. Since then Don, Trevor and Malcolm have been unravelling the 300 parts for each machine including 7 electro magnets/relays, 6 contact switches, and 22 moving levers, plus numerous bolts and nuts.

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100 Club Draw 73: April 2020

Apr
25
2020

 

100 Club

 

The latest L&BRT 100 Club winners have been announced:
See HERE for details. 

 

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WIP at home: Thursday 16th April

Apr
17
2020

As promised last week, here are some photos and text describing some of the work in hand, despite the lockdown. This week Roger Bye has put together Part one of a report on the Tyers tablet machine's restoration.

Over the past few years the railway has been fortunate in procuring Tyers Token Machines from a variety of sources. These machines, as many readers will know, are used to control the issue and receipt of multiple single-line tokens where train operations are more complex than the single token section we have at the moment.

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And now for something completely different WIP Thursday 9th April

Apr
09
2020

We might live partly in the steam age in remote North Devon but the Thursday Gang are able to exploit modern technology when required to...

The Virtual Thursday Gang.

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Work in Progress 7 April 2011 - Another look back in time

Apr
03
2020

A lovely day here at Woody Bay with bright sunshine all day. General Manager, Martyn Budd, decided it was time to begin the annual task of fishplate oiling. So most of the Thursday Group volunteers spent the day doing the fishplates on both up and down platform lines and around the turnouts at Woody Bay Station.

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100 Club Draw 72: March 2020

Mar
30
2020

 

100 Club

 

The latest L&BRT 100 Club winners have been announced:
See HERE for details. 

 

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Work in Progress 24 March 2011 Revisited

Mar
28
2020

Given that will be no WIP reports for a while, we have gone back in time to March 24th 2011 showing what was going on back then and also featuring some faces from the past.

Enjoy!

We've enjoyed the spring-like weather at Woody Bay this week and in a glorious sunny day today the volunteers completed several more tasks as preparations for the main operating season continue.

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Work in Progress: Thursday 19th March

Mar
21
2020

 

Roadworks TriangleLast trains.......for a while!


Nigel Thompson once again provides us with this week's report.

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Work in Progress: Thursday 12th March

Mar
17
2020

 

Roadworks TriangleWindy Bay!


Nigel Thompson returns to provide us with this week's report from Woody Bay.

Cold and windy, we're open and plenty of activity on the L&B today

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Calling West Midlands L&B members and supporters… CANCELLED

Mar
13
2020

The West Midlands Group of the Welsh Highland Railway Society have invited Bob Barnard (L&B Construction Design Group) to give a talk about the L&B at their meeting on Thursday 19th March 2020.

SADLY THIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELLED

The WHRS would welcome L&B members and visitors who may wish to attend.

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