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| I have a dream...; Lynton and Barnstaple | |
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| Topic Started: 10 Jun 2009, 07:33 PM (1,049 Views) | |
| SpudUk | 10 Jun 2009, 07:33 PM Post #1 |
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I have a dream, call it stupid, of owning a 7 1/4" Manning Wardle, as I LOVE the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway! Fingers crossed it may, one day, come true, but sadly I doubt it, and thus I am not holding my breath. However, this leads me on to another question... There once was a 7 1/4" railway at Bratton Flemming on the L&B, and here was a Manning Wardle as seen in this photograph: http://www.009.cd2.com/lynton_and_barnstaple_modelling/albums/LBlocomotivemodels/lyntonandbarnstaplemodellocomotives26.html Does anyone know where it's gone, as I know the 7 1/4" has been replaced with a 2' demo line (although I have no pictures...if anyone else does? Also, how feasible is it to 'modify' a Tinkerbell into a Manning Wardle-esc loco? And does anyone have a Tinkerbell that want to donate to a worthy cause?  Thanks Chris Auckland |
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| DevilDrummer | 10 Jun 2009, 08:03 PM Post #2 |
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Talking about your dream on a forum won't help much, get on with it 
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| SpudUk | 10 Jun 2009, 08:25 PM Post #3 |
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It was more a question of where the ex-Bratton Flemming 7.25" stock and locos has gone but... Being 21 'getting on' with it isnt that easy! |
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| glastonrail | 10 Jun 2009, 08:39 PM Post #4 |
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Depends what it is you're 'getting on' with, at 21, or not as the case may be... ... But we'll leave it there on that front... ... I doubt you have £26,500 spare either, or you could have the scale model that's for sale at Bolebrooke... ... I echo your query about the Bratton Fleming loco - it was a big beast! Also, does anyone know the whereabouts of Bratton, the Tinkerbell that was there originally? I think I saw it surface somewhere relatively recently but cant remember where... ... Thanks, Dom Greenop DMR |
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"There's no such thing as sanity, and that's the sanest fact" M. Knopfler, 1985 Dragon Miniature Railway, Stockport http://www.freewebs.com/dragonrailway | |
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| RichardP | 10 Jun 2009, 08:59 PM Post #5 |
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Bratton is still with Chris Fincken isn't it? It certainly was in April 2007: Bratton Didn't Taw go to the Wayside Light Railway I think I saw some pictures in NGN of it being delivered by crane. Richard |
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| DevilDrummer | 10 Jun 2009, 09:32 PM Post #6 |
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Oh right, yeah i see your point lol, just thought i'd give you the 'encouraging abuse' everyone else gets
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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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| Cagney boy | 10 Jun 2009, 09:41 PM Post #7 |
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Isn't there a miniature L&B tank in the national railway museum next to little giant? or am I thinking of the wrong gauge? |
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| glastonrail | 10 Jun 2009, 09:45 PM Post #8 |
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I think you're thinking of the wrong railway. There's a VoR tank next to LG... ... Dom
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| Cagney boy | 10 Jun 2009, 09:52 PM Post #9 |
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Ah right...oops. Well the cab looks the same from the back (its a bad excuse I know) 
Edited by Cagney boy, 10 Jun 2009, 09:52 PM.
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| stuwebb | 10 Jun 2009, 10:07 PM Post #10 |
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Is this the Taw currently residing at Eastleigh Lakeside Railway, minus the cab. It has visited MVR quite resently and is a little breast of a loco. Edited by stuwebb, 10 Jun 2009, 10:10 PM.
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| peterbryant | 10 Jun 2009, 10:11 PM Post #11 |
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Stu, Nope, different one. TAW was mentioned in the recent Heywood Journal, and is currently being rebuilt. Thanks Peter |
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| PUASHP | 12 Jun 2009, 08:50 PM Post #12 |
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Taw did in fact go to Wayside where it is being fully rebuilt with a cab big enough to take a normal sized human being. I gather it was a bit small before so your legs got a bit of a roasting. Also I think it suffered a bit from where it was stored... Regards Paul |
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| steves100uk | 13 Jun 2009, 07:22 PM Post #13 |
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Taw was for sale at Station Road Steam back in 2005. Here is the link. http://www.stationroadsteam.co.uk/archive/2429/index.htm |
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| SpudUk | 13 Jun 2009, 09:30 PM Post #14 |
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Thats a different Taw, that one is now based at Eastleigh Lakeside... ...and is my great 'if only'...that and the one at Bolebrook! |
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| Cagney boy | 13 Jun 2009, 10:53 PM Post #15 |
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You could build one.....here's a link to the drawings and castings..... https://vault1.secured-url.com/reeves2000/shop_item.asp?sub_cat_id=135 |
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