"The Possible Dream"

"The weekend of 25-27 September marked a major landmark in narrow gauge heritage, for what would once have been considered ‘project impossible’ became reality – a Lynton & Barnstaple Manning Wardle 2-6-2T pulling into Woody Bay station, with a train which included one of the original coaches. Robin Jones took a ride on the footplate on the highest point of the Southern Railway empire 75 years after the legendary North Devon line closed first time round, and looks at its chances of scaling even dizzier heights."

So says the editor of Heritage Railway  Magazine in the November edition, on sale today:

The web version of the article can be read <here>.