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Heritage Carriages Update: 19th January

Jan
19
2014

Check out the Heritage Carriages Page to see the latest photos from Great Yeldham showing progress on Coach No. 11 and Van No.23...

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Work in Progress: 16th January

Jan
17
2014

Roadworks Triangle Another grey day at Woody Bay

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Work in Progress: 9th January

Jan
10
2014

Roadworks Triangle At last, the New Year storms had subsided!

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762 Club Press Release

Jan
08
2014

6th January 2014 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

LYN Completion Date Announced!

The 762 Club, the group formed to create a new build of the original 1898 Baldwin locomotive for the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, is pleased to announce the projected first steaming date for “LYN”. It is going to be December 2015; just 23 short months away.

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Work In Progress: 2nd January 2014

Jan
03
2014

Roadworks Triangle

 

 The Thursday Gang started the New Year at Woody Bay in a shifty fashion!

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Work in Progress: 19th December

Dec
20
2013

The Santa Specials are in full swing. Today extra trains were run for the children, parents, and teachers from Combe Martin Primary School. Santa was about, there was entertainment, carol singing and a very festive atmosphere at Woody Bay.

For the Thursday Gang, just a couple of tasks were required. These included installing another indicator disc signal at Killington Lane, and moving top-soil and turf to build up the bank behind the extended platform.

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Work in Progress: 12th December

Dec
16
2013

Unseasonably mild and dry weather today for the couple of jobs to be done at Woody Bay and at Killington Lane.

Words and Pictures: Nigel Thompson

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SID sold to Sweden

Dec
14
2013

This just in from Tony Nicholson:

It can now be confirmed that SID Maffei works No. 4127 of 1925 has been sold to the Risten-Lakvik Museum Railway near Stockholm Sweden.

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Exmoor NP Local Plan Consultation

Dec
12
2013

Exmoor National Park Authority has prepared the Exmoor National Park Draft Local Plan following detailed evidence gathering, including extensive consultation with local communities and organisations.  The Local Plan sets out policies that will be used to determine planning applications for future development within the National Park; helping to shape Exmoor over the long term.

Included are policies to:

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Work in Progress: 5th December

Dec
11
2013

Ever so windy today and guess what? We the volunteers had to go down the line to the most exposed part, at Killington Lane Station, to continue finishing the project to relocate the lever frame and surfacing the extended platform and path to the frame.

The northerly gale-force wind was difficult to stand up in at times, but still we huddled around the job and kept busy by shovelling and raking the stone about here.

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