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| SFR's Topic Secret Project...; Not really that exciting.... | |
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| Topic Started: 6 Oct 2008, 08:38 PM (376 Views) | |
| david colley | 6 Oct 2008, 08:38 PM Post #1 |
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It is now time to unveil the top secret project. It's not really that exciting, but had to be kept quiet due to the sensitive location of the items we have just acquired. They were very much out of the way, in a very unsafe and out-of-bounds area. We have just moved the remaining four Minirail Ex-Longleat coaches from The Lappa Valley Railway. We're very grateful to Miss Both and Keith for all their help, and the coaches will be restored to full working order in due course with dedication plaques acknowledging their pedigree. This now accounts for all seven open coaches that went to/from the Axe & Lymm project ( thanks Simon for confirming this!). Pictures of our adventure can be found on our website. |
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"Mister, where does the petrol go?" What do they teach kids in school these days???  Check out the website, Sherwood Forest Railway plug, plug, plug..... | |
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| craiggluyas | 6 Oct 2008, 09:00 PM Post #2 |
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Nice one David!!! (Am I acting surprised enough???) Craig |
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Craig Gluyas ---------------------- MRW Admin "any general system of conveying passengers would go at a velocity exceeding ten miles an hour, or thereabouts, is extremely improbable" - Railway engineer Thomas Tredgold, | |
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| MuzTrem | 6 Oct 2008, 09:03 PM Post #3 |
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Good work  Looks like those coaches had been there a long time! Were they stored minus their bogies?
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| bvr379 | 6 Oct 2008, 09:06 PM Post #4 |
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Congratulations on both your exploits and the photos. I hope that the re-assembly goes easily. Best wishes, |
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David Barnes Bure Valley Railway - The 15" gauge railway with powerful locomotives. Trains EVERY day until the 1st Nov 2009, between Wroxham & Aylsham in Norfolk. The next event is "Strawberries & Steam" on every weekend in July. For Bure Valley Railway info. see: BVR website, which includes timetables. | |
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| DevilDrummer | 6 Oct 2008, 09:15 PM Post #5 |
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Looked like a fun day  But what would a married man with a small child want with zoo mag??  You'll be needing more engines soon  But well done guys!
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"Humans are so smart, they dont even need a meteorite to destroy themselves, like the stupid dinosaurs did!" http://devildrummertom.fotopic.net | |
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| colinpeake | 6 Oct 2008, 09:16 PM Post #6 |
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Excellent!! When you said soon the other day, I had no idea of how soon!! Congratulations on reuniting the seven Minirail Longleat/Axe & Lyme coaches, I know a lot of work has gone into this behind the scenes and in the course of things I think the Minirail history was rewritten... with lots of interesting discoveries on the way. As David says, there were 7 of these tubular framed coaches, three with low armrests (already at Sherwood Forest) and four with higher armrests, which have lingered at Lappa Valley for 20-odd years. The bogies from these are under the Lappa Valley's own stock and match those under 'Goram' at Windmill Farm, and are different to those under the Minirail coaches already running at Sherwood Forest. A very revealling picture can be seen on the Longleat Railway Website here with the four high armrest coaches visible, plus The Cub, Zebedee and the mystery open coach 'no 1' (on left). Colin |
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| david colley | 6 Oct 2008, 09:31 PM Post #7 |
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Colin, the last photo on page three actually shows we collected 3 high arm rests and one more ( four in total) lower arm rests. |
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"Mister, where does the petrol go?" What do they teach kids in school these days??? Check out the website, Sherwood Forest Railway plug, plug, plug..... | |
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| steves100uk | 6 Oct 2008, 09:45 PM Post #8 |
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Congrats to you all David. Nice little find. |
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| Alex | 6 Oct 2008, 09:52 PM Post #9 |
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Well done David and gang. Another piece of miniature railways that has been saved from going to the scrap man. Alex |
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| Timbo | 6 Oct 2008, 10:12 PM Post #10 |
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Great work! So, who is going to be publishing the full history of the fabled Axe and Lyme Railway then...? |
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Tim Dunn MRW Moderator www.bekonscot.com www.meteorite.co.uk | |
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| colinpeake | 6 Oct 2008, 10:15 PM Post #11 |
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I'm hoping, with the help of material David has gathered from Simon Townsend, to at least write somthing on Minirail in due course, any information/pictures gratefully received... Colin |
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| Timbo | 6 Oct 2008, 10:17 PM Post #12 |
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About all I can add are amusing second-hand anecdotes... |
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| peterbryant | 10 Oct 2008, 06:04 PM Post #13 |
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Great David, it's good to see the mystery solved at last after the speculation, about the Minirail coaches! |
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