A special ceremony to dedicate AXE - the L&B’s restored WW1 steam locomotive - to all those who served on the railways at the Western Front during the First World War took place at Woody Bay today.
Beginning at 10:50am, the dedication was performed by the Bishop of Exeter, the Rt Rev Michael Langrish, and Rear Admiral Ric Cheadle, the Devon County President of the Royal British Legion.
The event was organised jointly by the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust and the Royal British Legion, with music by the Barnstaple Youth Band.
Replica advertising signs erected on down platform
Sponsored and paid for by member Dave Martin, three 'original' advertising signs have been installed and fixed onto the railings behind the down platform at Woody Bay Station. These signs are as near to the exact replicas and have been made by Jim Pounds using the latest computer artwork to match the original lettering, font sizes and colours by SW Highways Signs.
Thanks to Bob Barnard, a long-time modeller of the L&B, the website now has a brief introduction to the subject of modelling the railway - see railway/modelling
By way of an experiment, a selection of Youtube video clips related to the L&B is now available here for members' entertainment.
Before this page is published to the general public, members are requested to check out the page, view some of the videos, and report any issues to the webmaster.
The website at lynton-rail.co.uk appears to have been working correctly since late last night. Monitoring continues.
05 Nov 2008, 22:25
Service is still at best intermittent. fasthosts are well aware of the importance of resolving the issues with their software as soon as possible. Monitoring and progress chasing continues...
Trees, bush and scrub clearance at Cricket Field Lane, Parracombe.
As part of preparing this part of the L & B trackbed for the future extension, we need to clear the trackbed and cutting from Parracombe Lane-Cricket Field Lane on land already owned by the L & B.
Please bring along suitable tools to use such as bow-saws, rakes, (strimmers & chain saws if qualified to use) to help with the clearance work.