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DRIVER'S EYE VIEW - Lynton & Barnstaple Railway - Plus the Dulverton Heritage Centre Model Railway

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The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway closed too early for the preservation movement to step in and take it over before it was dismantled and sold off. As the reopening of the Welsh Highland Railway has shown, nothing is impossible. Today the L&B gives us a tantalising glimpse of the future with its beautifully restored Woody Bay station and the first section of the old track-bed reinstated to offer passengers wonderful views over the magnificent Devon countryside. The 19 miles (31 km) line first opened in May 1898 as a single track, narrow gauge railway passing through the rugged and picturesque area bordering Exmoor in North Devon. In 1923 the L&B was taken over by the Southern Railway bringing much needed investment and marketing expertise, sadly the decline continued with the railway eventually closing in September 1935. That might well have been the end of the story had not the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Association been formed in 1979 marking the start of a new dawn as a heritage railway. Today-s passengers are hauled by authentic recreations of the original locomotives and carriages allowing visitors to slip back in time to the days when travellers to the Devon coast enjoyed the last leg of their journey to holiday destinations such as Lynton, Lynmouth and Combe Martin aboard a diminutive L&B train. Those early travellers would have arrived at Barnstaple on mainline trains before transferring to a waiting narrow gauge L&B railway train. In this video we join our train at Woody Bay for a trip to the temporary terminus at Killington Lane. We also take a look at some of the seaside resorts those early travellers might have been visiting for their holidays. Finally we take a look at the amazing model railway housed at the Dulverton Heritage Centre. For more information
Date: 2022-11-28

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Comments and reviews: 8

Neil
Aah, Tim. You're always coming up with the good stuff! This was fascinating. Sort-of reminded me of the Ravenglass-to-Eskdale narrow-gauge line operated by scaled-down locos and carriages(about one-fifth the size of regular locos & carrianges that I saw while transferring VHS videotape to digital for a neighbour who had since moved to Central NSW to be with family. She was from England and went back for a visit to catch up with her parents. While there she visited a few locations, the Ravenglass-to-Eskdale railway being one of them. Cheers, Tim! Have a happy Festive Season! (I viewed this on Xmas Morning here in Australia.
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Johann
Hi Tim! Super Christmas special. Great steam locomotive sound, and well tuned the thing. Fits exactly to the present day. We have bad weather with us, only rain. The snow is gone again. I wrote you an email on December 22nd with 10 good pieces of advice, I hope you have already read it. Merry Christmas - Tim!
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Fan
Thanks for showing us some beautiful countryside. However I am astounded that you did not show us the operation of the water-balance system on the Lynton to Lynmouth funicular. Apparently there are now only three water balance funicular in the whole world.
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Tamara
Hello. Thank you for filming this wonderful ride. I have a question. At 10: 48, what is the curved black metal) bar being held out to the driver? I have seen this on a few other steam train videos and am curious. :) Thank you.
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AndreiTupolev
That Baldwin is a beauty. As the Welsh Highland has shown, nothing is impossible. All the way to Barnstaple one day! - And a very happy Christmas to you.
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Jaime
It is a wonderful railway with an extraordinary history that allowed its survival and we can admire it today. I hope one day to meet it in person.
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ADMIRALSCORNER
It amazes me how often you can persuade drivers to allow you to attach cameras to their locos! Its well worth the effort!
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Syed
Request a ticket refund on this one. narrow gauge toy trains and HO scale (made in China). putts!
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