Here is a sneak preview of the new L&B clips from KBscale. Rail is Karlgarin 82/7 on a coffee stirrer sleeper.
Narrow Perspectives is an interesting website featuring a collection of photographs of narrow gauge railways in the British Isles. Most of the pictures are from the last twenty years or so but there is a section featuring historic photographs and another with photos from the 1960s of the Ffestiniog Railway’s Deviation Project.
Chelfham Station – photo taken by S Miles-Davey 1930s
I have been given permission to publish these two photos of the original Lynton and Barnstaple railway which show very good detail of the track and pointwork as relaid by the Southern Railway. (Click pictures to enlarge)
Bratton Bank – photo taken by HGW Household 1927
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There is an interesting description of the signalling of the L&B (which was signalled to mainline standards) including a picture of a turnout with an outside facing point locks on this site here.
The attached table of British NG rail and sleeper sizes (PDF) shows the main (flat bottom) rail weights and sleeper sizes and spacing for some of the principle British narrow gauge railways at various stages of their existence.
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