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Starting today with a mock up of a station in the days of steam, with some interesting platform furniture. A little narrow gauge diversion…. Getting more up to date with a Southern Schools class… The lovely streamlined Duchess of Hamilton. … Continue reading →

A few from the golden age of steam – the decades either side of 1900. So many elegant locomotive designs. The Brighton line and the LSWR…. The SECR… Midland elegance…. The Great Northern. And the North Eastern. Next time, we’ll … Continue reading →

Starting with the very old….. The slightly less old…. And two ducks of inderterminate age….. More locos next time.

No. 1 son Michael has been on holiday and started in York, of course including the railway museum. A key exhibit is Mallard – officially the fastest steam locomotive, but there are rumours that a Bulleid rebuilt Merchant Navy class … Continue reading →

Back to the Bluebell for a the little trains. But first a brief report on the ESNG meeting on July 1. I missed part of the meeting to visit the dentist, and also watched the England game on my laptop. … Continue reading →

Allan and a brace of Derek’s went to the annual Bluebell railway modelling weekend. Today, we have a few pictures of the big trains….. The original Ffarquhar Branch was on display. So was Stepney… And the model trams. Other model … Continue reading →

And so to the road steam power.  This magnificent road engine with a crane was in the station yard. I especially liked the steam lorries, my favourite being the six-wheeled Sentinel, with something like a rear bogie providing the power…. … Continue reading →

Saturday was a Father & Son day out to Bluebell Railway for the Road Meets Rail event.  Michael wasn’t volunteering, so we took the opportunity to ride the trains.  Getting to the terminus at East Grinstead is very simple – … Continue reading →

Sunday, and Allan and Ron visit the Severn Valley Railway.  Their train arrives at the platform…. And the rest of the pictures are a rather different view of the line taken from the back of the DMU.  (At least, I … Continue reading →