Tag Archives: Southern Railway

We return today with more pictures of Allan’s retirement trip to Exeter and back on the Atlantic Coast Express, behind Clan Line. At the head of the train…. They do let some dodgy people onto trains these days! Moral support, … Continue reading →

Too hot to blog today!  To hot for almost anything requiring mental effort.  So just the crash of the day.  A very early Lehigh Valley switcher (from the livery) misses the turntable.  Please don’t try this at home, gentle readers.  … Continue reading →

Still hoping to get some more of Allan’s pictures of the Lowestoft Transport Museum and the North Norfolk Railway.  And it’s been too hot for much modelling in the loft roof room.   But for today, some old Southern station and … Continue reading →

A few more oddities and inspirations…. Jago Hazzard on the end of the London trams… And on somewhere I know well – Camberwell Station.  We live just up the road from this site… And on the Tower of London.  I … Continue reading →

Hopefully, modelling posts will recommence next time.  But for today, we celebrate an auspicious occasion!  Not Mr Dawes appearing at a Wednesday ESNG meeting, but his retirement trip to Exeter and back behind Clan Line. Both me and Ron had … Continue reading →

No ESNG meeting photos today, as photos of the AGM would be pretty boring.  Basically, it happened, the committee was re-elected by default. and we socialised.  We did have a nice birthday cake to celebrate the 25th AGM of the club. … Continue reading →

After Ron’s epic travels, our holiday was less spectacular.  However, a week in Swanage did include a very pleasant day on the Swanage Railway.  The Swanage branch is the archtypal large branch line – a single track line that saw … Continue reading →

Haven’t done one of these for a while….. Some interesting information on the French move to electric railways.  I apologise for the commentator’s accent.  The BBC has a lot to answer for…. The end of the London trams.  This time … Continue reading →

Simon kindly sent me some more pictures of Clan Line…. Bumped into Clan Line at Victoria this afternoon. Such a beautiful engine, and perfectly turned out. And Brian caught the train going through Godstone.

One wonders whether it’s called that as it almost took as long to build as our monarch has reigned, or perhaps just because it’s as expensive as royalty?  Or course, most of us will know it as Crossrail… Ron was … Continue reading →