Tyseley 100
Posted in Railways on 28th June 2008
The third and last in a month of Open Days and Galas which has seen some interesting new locations visited and many obscure and exotic engines sighted and photographed. What perhaps surprises me most is that I never get tired of tramping around, twisting my ankle on ballast and fighting...
Even Closer To My Own Back Yard
Posted in Railways on 22nd June 2008
Read that following it's failure yesterday at Newton Abbot, 'Duke of Gloucester' was to move to Barton Hill today for attention. Given that the failure was described as serious, and that we'd heard tails on the way back from Cranmore yesterday of some difficulty in moving the loco, expected it...
Almost In My Own Back Yard
Posted in Railways on 21st June 2008
For once, the weather had turned out as expected and I woke early to a gloomy prospect. Set out for the first train off Highbridge, initially for Bristol. The plan was to arrive early enough for the first of the shuttle trains which Pathfinder were operating to Cranmore station. Time...