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Kenneth Deal - In Memoriam

Keith Vingoe — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:00:21 +0000

The L&B Trust recently received the following letter:

Sadly, my 92 year old Uncle has passed away.

Throughout his life he was a locomotive and railway enthusiast and after looking at the many railway trusts, we are most impressed with the work you are doing to reinstate the railway in your wonderful part of England.

Lyd: coal-fired with a nine coach train. Worth seeing!

Keith Vingoe — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:45:45 +0000

New build L&B loco Lyd, has recently been converted to burn coal instead of oil. Steamed for the first time as a coal burner on Monday 12th December 2011- the first time for 75 years that a coal-fired L&B loco has been seen in operation since Lew hauled the L&B's last demolition train in the summer of 1936.

Shopping online? "Spend & Raise"

Martyn de Young — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:56:00 +0000

Help the L&B raise £500 in 2012 - for no cost to you!

Over £116 raised so far

Work in Progress: 2nd February

Nigel Thompson — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:09:53 +0000

Very cold today up on Exmoor - bright and sunny too and all the volunteers were pleased to start the day with some hand shovelling of chippings on the car park just to warm themselves up!

Working Weekend January 2012 - Updated - Even More photos!

Pete Snashall — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:45:01 +0000

Tuesday 31st January Chelfham -The aftermath

Nigel Thompson went up to Chelfham to photograph the views after the successful clearance weekend.

1. The rear view of the original station building looking back to the viaduct.

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Work in progress: 26th January

Martyn de Young — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:34:25 +0000

Not as many volunteers about today - perhaps several saving themselves for this weekends hectic working weekend at Chelfham. However at Woody Bay several tasks were completed today. In the shed; Pete Williams and Eddie Mills carried out some maintenance work on steam locomotives SID and AXE respectively. Graham Varney was constructing a ballast carrying wagon for the 7.25" miniature railway.
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Work in Progress: 19th January

Martyn de Young — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:59:34 +0000

The main job outside today was to finish off from last week, replacing the contaminated ballast from the recent flood, installing a drainpipe from the car park, and tidying up this area of the railway.

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Work in Progress: 12th January

Martyn de Young — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:09:28 +0000
Mild, dry and foggy weather at Woody Bay today. As the signalling engineers Dick Gunn and Rob Pym worked on signal refurbishment and communications cablework programmes respectively, the main gang working on the track by the crossover were tasked with clearing away mud-contaminated ballast after last week's flood washouts, and digging and installing a new cross drain pipe. This should prevent a reoccurrance of the flooding over the track as a result of the torrential rain experienced recently.
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Work in Progress: 5th January

Nigel Thompson — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:20:45 +0000
Very stormy and wet weather this week to begin 2012. There was flooding in the car park on Tuesday which will now require some additional drainage work to prevent further washouts as the muddy water ran down the transhipment siding.

Despite a small flood inside the station, no significant damage or loss of stock was noted and there was immediate action to suck away the water and activate the dehumidifiers.

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January 2012 Working Weekend

Keith Vingoe — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:13:31 +0000
The next working weekend is planned for Friday 27th to Sunday 29th January 2012.

It is intended to concentrate work on Chelfham - continuing the undergrowth clearance started by the Thursday Gang.

Hot drinks will be available on all three days. Hot food is to be provided on Saturday and Sunday.

As always, all are welcome, so please feel free to come along and work off some of those seasonal excesses!

For more more information please contact

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