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Saturday, 1 September 2018
Lovely, if slightly autumnal, trip in the Staffordshire Moorlands
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As operational staff on the Churnet Valley Railway, albeit volunteer, I underwent my medical today at Cheddleton as I do every year. All ch...
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Round the Urmston track on 'The Wildfowler' today.
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Topping up the water tanks between runs First my attempt to video a circuit of the track while driving my loco. It does give an i...
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Idiots with agendas
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First the execrable Rees Mog, and now Bernard Jenkin, both hard brexiters publicly displaying their ignorance and destroying any credibility...
Sunday, 5 August 2018
5" gauge steam locomotives are big and heavy. So how do we transport them to and from the track?
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How do you transport a 5" steam locos by car? This series of pictures shows 'The Wildfowler' on return from Urmston today. C...
Saturday, 4 August 2018
30 years in preservation - the APT
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Back in December 1984 British Rail's Advanced Passenger Train set a new speed record of 3 hours 52 minutes London to Glasgow. It st...
Monday, 2 July 2018
The Bernina and Glacier expresses, St Moritz, Zermatt, and The Matterhorn
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Many holiday companies offer 'Glacier Express' experiences, but few include in their Swiss holidays a trip along the entire route, f...
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