Lynbarn - the story of a railway

  Having trialled it here, Jo is now going to be adding this facility to the B&YVRT Blog, so soon anyone will be able to subscribe for email notifications. with luck, I will also be adding something similar to the new website.

  Thanks all for your assistance I think the beta test has proven the principal, but one thing not yet tested is what happens once you unsubscribe. I'll send out a few more messages over the next couple of days, so please let me know that you've unsubscribed, then I'll send another message to prove you don't receive it! Once Jo is back from his vacation, We'll add the feature to the official B&YVRT blog. Thanks for your assistance, Martyn

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  This is a second test post

This is a test post to see if the HTML-based email subscription link via follow.it works 

The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (L&B) opened as an independent railway in May 1898. It was a single track narrow gauge railway just over 19 miles (30 km) long running through the rugged and picturesque area bordering Exmoor in North Devon, England. Although opened after the 1896 Light Railways Act came into force, it was authorised and constructed prior to that act. Therefore, as with all other railways, it was authorised under its own Act of Parliament and built to higher (and more costly) standards than similar railways of the time. In the UK it was notable as being the only narrow gauge line required to use main-line standard signalling. For a short period, the line earned a modest return for shareholders, but for most of its life the L&B made a loss. In 1922, the L&B was taken over by the Southern Railway, and eventually closed in September 1935. Rarely, if ever before, has the closing of a railway aroused such a keen interest as has been awakened throughout the cou...