The Restless Engineer

Posted in Railways on 21st March 2009

In some ways I'm not sure that today's trip warrants a long descriptive entry. It was, in most ways, a fairly unremarkable and relaxing day out on the rails. It was a last chance for a while at least, to spend a Saturday exactly how I like - getting up...

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The Longer Way Round

Posted in Railways on 14th March 2009

Back at the start of the year, I set out a list of possible trips for the first few months of the year. The plan was to travel as much as possible before the long blockade descended and weekend travel became tricky. I turned back to this list this weekend...

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The Celtic Growler and The Perth Panther

Posted in Railways on 7th March 2009

This tour was something of an afterthought. I'd not planned to be on this until late last month, when I gave in to the lure of a decent amount of mileage behind some new locos, and some much needed unusual track into the bargain. Having had a fairly good night's...

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