More homecomings, and progress at a former home…
It seems impossible to write of any narrow-gauge happenings without mentioning the word Penrhyn at present, and yes that name is going to feature again this week! In my last blog I reported first-hand...
View ArticleCoal on the Rheidol and a Hunslet triple-header
Apologies, the blog is a little late this week – it’s been a busy week! First, an important piece of news, and very welcome too. The Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway will reopen over its full...
View ArticleTimeless scene set to disappear?
One of the highlights of last year as far as this narrow gauge enthusiast was concerned was the chance to spend a few days in the Isle of Man – without doubt a Short Axle paradise. Some will confine...
View ArticleIt’s not about the money, money…
Hi to all – a fairly short column this week as it’s been quiet for me on the narrow gauge front, a week where my ‘other job’ – driving and writing about new cars – has been taking precedence. There is,...
View ArticleHow many locomotives?
I’m writing this week’s blog 24 hours after one of my definite highlights of the season – the Statfold Barn Open Day. Don’t know Statfold? You should! Quite simply, it is narrow gauge heaven… Graham...
View ArticleAnother Quarry Hunslet goes home – but this time just for the weekend…
First thing I must do in this blog post is apologise for the lack of one over the past couple of weeks. It’s been a pretty manic time on all the magazines I have an involvement with, as well as in my...
View ArticleIt’s just black sooty stuff…
Firstly this week I must say how excellent the news is concerning more locos coming back from Stateside. We don’t know much yet, only that former Dinorwic Hunslets ‘Michael’ and ‘King of the Scarlets’,...
View ArticleTinkering in the park
Welcome to the Blog, and this week I took a break from Olympic fever (which, yes I’ve been enjoying as much as anyone else) to spend a very pleasurable day in new territory for me, at the Great Bush...
View ArticleExtremes on the footplate and other adventures
Okay, okay, my supposed weekly blog has been silent for a few weeks. It’s been a busy few weeks! And at least I now have plenty to talk about… It kicked off at the start of September with the annual...
View ArticleLocos on their travels and end of the line at the Abbey
Welcome back to the blog – it’s been a busy few weeks which is why I haven’t updated this blog nearly often enough! I’m writing this just as the latest issue of Narrow Gauge World comes off the...
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