Recent content by brstd4260

I volunteer at Fawley Hill nr Henley on Thames, (the late Bill McAlpine's "garden railway"). We run a short standard gauge line that's probably around about a mile in total length running through the deer park . The line is fully signalled. It also has the steepest bank on any non rack line in...

The incline at Fawley peaks at 1 in 14 with a short stretch at 1 in 13. We operate the 03 as stated but most of the time it's an Hudswell-Clarke 0-6-0T ( McAlpine 31). It does make an impressive sight (and sound) coming up the incline at full blast, albeit unsurprisingly not very fast

Well, I think it looks OK. I'd happily ride behind (or on) it!

....and that's a problem because...?

Here, Here!!!!

I lived in Bush Hill Park and remember travelling from there to Enfield and Lower Edmonton (as it was' Edmonton Green now) in my pushchair in the late 50's. N7 0-6-2T on the front, but "ordinary" not Quad Art coaches. In the early days we had to travel in the Guards compartment as it was easier...

A N7 tank on the Liverpool Street - Enfield train chugging through Bush Hill Park station before the station was (partially and horribly) rebuilt. Travelling in the guards compartment of the same trains even earlier whilst still in a pushchair. Later catching a class 305 (in green) on the way to...

Does anyone know when the £1m+ grants are due to be announced?

Visited the Bucks Rail Centre at Quainton today. It was well organised with an effective one way system around most of the site. 95%+ of the site was open. Numbers reasonable but plenty of space for social distancing (except around the miniature railway, open for the first time since lockdown)...

I'd be surprised if it was Pond Head Lane. It is and has been level with the railway since at least the late 20's / mid 30's when the current houses were built. The other side of the railway/A3290 is a good 20' lower than the Pond Head Lane side so I doubt a proper level crossing would have been...

At least they've been saved and are looked after and they are there for our (small number of) visitors to see

I visited Didcot Railway centre the first weekend they were running with my family and the dog. It was well organised and as far as I could see being run in line with the guidelines. Only a specific number of visitors were allowed to enter each hour, masks were only required in the shop/museum...

I've done a DEMU experience at Mid Hants, a DMU one at GWSR and Llangollen and a Class 47 experience at LLangollen, all of which were good, but the LLangollen ones were both streets ahead of the others with a more scenic line (sorry!) and much longer driving time - the whole way from Llangollen...

Earley Station was built in the 1860's when Woodley was a tiny village, it did not start to expand until Miles Aviation built an aircraft factory and aerodrome there on a greenfield site in c1935. It did not become a town until 1974, so perhaps not surprising it doesn't have a station of its own...

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