Lazy Sunday Afternoon Spoon
Posted in Railways on 9th July 2006
Another in the occasional series of photographs taken practically on my doorstep... 47813 'John Peel' thunders through Highbridge on route to St. Phillips Marsh On the way home, a couple of kids who'd seen me crashing about at the end of the platform asked me if I...
Barrow Hill Diesel Gala
Posted in Railways on 8th July 2006
It was a last minute, and therefore rather expensive, decision to head for Barrow Hill Roundhouse for their Diesel Gala. I'd read about it some months ago, and even planned to book on one of the mainline trains they were running to Deepcar or Toton - but somehow the whole...
Roasting on the Coast
Posted in Railways on 1st July 2006
For some time, I'd planned to try to catch Arriva Trains Wales' locomotive hauled service along the North Wales coast. I'd even tried to factor it into a previous rover trip, but it didn't work out somehow. Knowing that I'd be effectively taking a weekend off for the upcoming Literary...