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Title: Return of motorail? Post by: grahame on January 27, 2018, 21:02:52 From The North Devon Gazette (http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/cars-on-lynmouth-cliff-railway-1-5371061)
Title: Re: Return of motorail? Post by: eXPassenger on January 27, 2018, 23:02:20 I can't but help feel that the experiment will not lead to a long term business opportunity.
That said I would love to be down there to see it. Title: Re: Return of motorail? Post by: Oxonhutch on January 28, 2018, 07:11:20 It takes a brave man to drive onto the transporter at the top, guided only by a small wooden chock! Having been there, it gives me the heebbies just thinking about it.
Title: Re: Return of motorail? Post by: grahame on January 29, 2018, 23:05:13 Report with pictures after the event
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42862839 Quote A water-powered Victorian cliff railway has been used to transport cars for the first time in 50 years. A selection of classic cars were loaded individually onto the Lynton and Lynmouth cliff railway in Devon, to be transported 862ft (263m) to the top. The last time cars were transported on the funicular railway was in 1952, to get them out of Lynmouth after major flooding. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |