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Chasewater Railway
Dave has visited the Chasewater Railway. The Chasewater Railway is a former colliery railway running round the shores of Chasewater in Staffordshire, England. It is now operated as a heritage railway. The line is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) in length, contained … Continue reading
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside….
Ron seems to have brought the wet weather back from the Isle of Man. As he puts it, it was a visit to the…. Southampton Classic Bus Spectacular (SCBS) – in the wet Just a photo dump of some interesting … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1132
Just a few pictures for your delight, today…. I know who might be tempted to build this. Not sure what radius curve it would be good for? Yate station in 1900. The wagon turntable is, to say the least, interesting. … Continue reading
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Back to the Isle of Man – 5 – Exit with a bang
On that wet Day 6, a little excitement…. While sitting and waiting for a tram back to Douglas, I witnessed a incident with tram 19 and trailer 58. As normal, the tram was uncoupled and pulled forward. It reversed to … Continue reading
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Back to the Isle of Man – 4 – Wet, wet, wet
The weather seems to have gone downhill, sunny periods and showers, but getting progressively worse – though not as far as the mainland, with flooding around Manchester, and a league football match abandoned in Blackburn, as it had become impossible … Continue reading
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Back to the Isle of Man – 3
Day 3 and things looking up – briefly! Sunny and windy. In view of good weather we decided to go up Snaefell so we took tram to Laxey for the mountain railway. As we crossed Mountain Road/TT Course we ran … Continue reading
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Back to the Isle of Man – 2
Day 2 – what’s Ron’s weather forecast today? Not sure whether the first sentence is about the weather or about Allan and Ron??? Wet and windy with a couple of brighter periods. Took steam train to Port Erin and returned … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting 17 September and back to the Isle of Man – 1
Wednesday night and we did manage to run a few trains. Just the five members again, but some slightly younger and keener ones! No photos, due to the natural laziness of the club secretary (who again was acting charman.) Meanwhile, … Continue reading
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Bluebell 200
Michael spent Sunday on the Bluebell railway for their 200 year celebrations – but as a punter not a volunteer. Had a trip to Bluebell Railway to check out the inspiration train, the 3 coach museum, with interactive parts which … Continue reading
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Watching the trains go by
A busy weekend for the Cha(i)rman. Sunday was spent sitting on a dark, damp, Northiam station watching the trains go by for the Kent & East Sussex Railway diesel gala. Class 14 diesel hydraulic. Class 50. Class 73. And the … Continue reading
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