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Exmoor Steam Railway; 1993
Topic Started: 23 Feb 2008, 12:29 PM (1,871 Views)
MTA	23 Feb 2008, 12:29 PM Post #1
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	I have just found this YouTube video of the Exmoor Steam Railway. Looks to be quite an impressive set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5PiaNwRxKc
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911


steves100uk	23 Feb 2008, 05:57 PM Post #2
Director Posts: 1,566 Group: Member Member #22 Joined: August 18, 2006	I have never been there but it sure looks good



Nick Tozer	23 Feb 2008, 06:01 PM Post #3
Chief Engineer Posts: 363 Group: Member Member #88 Joined: January 30, 2007	It 'was' an impressive set-up but is sadly no longer open to the public Regards Nick Edited by Nick Tozer, 12 Jun 2008, 02:16 AM.



Alex	23 Feb 2008, 07:24 PM Post #4
Driver Posts: 294 Group: Member Member #35 Joined: September 1, 2006	Hi I have seen the video before, very good and i really like the looks of the loco with the tall chimney and big spectical plates gives to loco a Moors Valley feel to it. Doesnt anybody know that name of the loco and where it is now as i couldnt see it clearly as the loco went past. Alex



MTA	23 Feb 2008, 07:33 PM Post #5
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	It is 'Lorna Doone' Alex. The name rings a bell, but as to its location I cannot recall
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911


penrose	23 Feb 2008, 07:41 PM Post #6
Manager Posts: 484 Group: Member Member #7 Joined: August 15, 2006	It's 0-6-0T Lorna Doone. She was rebuilt 2001 (or around then) to a 10.25" 0-6-2T and now runs on the Beale Railway in Berkshire. Maybe to confuse matters, there's a new Lorna Doone which is a 0-4-2T and ran at Exbury for a while, but I think is now back at Exmoor.
	Charles O'Mahoney Penrose Light Railway, Cornwall


Alex	23 Feb 2008, 08:55 PM Post #7
Driver Posts: 294 Group: Member Member #35 Joined: September 1, 2006	Hi Ah i thought it was Lorna Doone, shame they dont use the larger specticals anymore suppose they make as customers specificy. Alex



penrose	13 Aug 2008, 12:41 PM Post #8
Manager Posts: 484 Group: Member Member #7 Joined: August 15, 2006	Just found a set of photos from Exmoor in 1991 on the web, showing Yeo Valley in service. Thought they might be of interest to forum members; I've cheekily embedded a few below, but you can see the full set here.
	Charles O'Mahoney Penrose Light Railway, Cornwall


Jeffo	13 Aug 2008, 08:47 PM Post #9
Engineer Posts: 131 Group: Member Member #821 Joined: June 23, 2008	talking to the owner of the rlsr the ther day about exmoor, and apparently, they are going to be doing open days in the next few years, so theres a chance for those of us who have never bin :(, to go Regards Adam
	Please check out me website http://www.adamjeffreysphotos.fotopic.net/


Timbo	13 Aug 2008, 09:38 PM Post #10
Timbo Posts: 1,367 Group: Moderators Member #53 Joined: October 24, 2006	What I love is that from afar, they look like great big NG locos - but look a little closer at those coaches and you'll see some passengers squashed inside. They really do look like well proportioned 2ft gauge stock and surroundings.
	Tim Dunn MRW Moderator www.bekonscot.com www.meteorite.co.uk


glastonrail	13 Aug 2008, 09:53 PM Post #11
Dommo Posts: 2,373 Group: Member Member #85 Joined: January 7, 2007	Neat little set of photos there, Anthony!! Great find. Shows perfectly the style of railway that Exmoor try (or at least tried - most users of their locos have gone to create their own style - as is right in my book) to create with their products, and just how a miniature-narrow-gauge railway (words chosen carefully) can fit in to the local landscape. Cheers, Dom Greenop DMR
	"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


Nick Tozer	14 Aug 2008, 02:30 PM Post #12
Chief Engineer Posts: 363 Group: Member Member #88 Joined: January 30, 2007	I have just posted Exmoor Steam Railway 1993 (1) on YouTube ... this first part covers a full-line trip over the railway as it was in 1993 and the second part, Exmoor Steam Railway 1993 (2), shows 'Lorna Doone' in action out from lineside.



penrose	15 Aug 2008, 11:10 AM Post #13
Manager Posts: 484 Group: Member Member #7 Joined: August 15, 2006	Thanks Nick, fascinating stuff as always. Your videos show it very much as I can (hazily) remember it on my first visit in 1994 and makes for an interesting comparison with memories from my more "recent" visit in 2001 and a video I borrowed recently which had shots of Mariloo on test in April. P.S. For anyone interested, I understand (and as usual could be completely wrong) that the Stirlands would quite like to take a year off engine building in order to lay around a mile of 2ft gauge track and get a Garratt or two running.
	Charles O'Mahoney Penrose Light Railway, Cornwall


davidgwr	15 Aug 2008, 11:14 AM Post #14
Guard Posts: 124 Group: Member Member #725 Joined: May 7, 2008	I would quite like to get a Stirland built loco for Ruislip Lido Railway, but sadly some people there are not so keen on the idea.



MuzTrem	16 Aug 2008, 07:36 PM Post #15
Operations Manager Posts: 920 Group: Friends of MRMT Member #65 Joined: December 5, 2006	Very interesting photos Charles, well done for finding them It's interesting that Yeo Valley seems to have become a 2-8-2T in those photos - in the postcard view previously posted in the "Exmoor locos" thread she is an 0-8-2T, with a much shorter front-end. Personally I think she was more attractive in her original form, but if those photos are from '91 then she must have been modified very early in her life. I presume the extra wheels must have been to improve riding, unless anyone knows different?


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