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I enjoyed my first visit to Midsomer Norton station on an open day on Sunday 28th July. They have done an excellent job of rebuilding the station and the extension of track closer to Chilcompton tunnel. The line is not very long but taken at a steady pace allowing for a relaxed trip to the end...

Bodmin General To Boscarn and back to Bodmin Parkway. 2nd June 2019. After reaching Bodmin General from Parkway the loco runs around the train and then departs for the Boscarne branch then returns to General. Again after the loco runs around the train departs for the final run to Parkway for...

Ferryhill Depot Aberdeen. 18th Sept 2017. Preservation work continues in the old Work Shed and the turntable remains are awaiting the replacement of the turntable, which has since been completed and allowing steam train specials to return to Aberdeen. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmF8r7SQ

Inverurie Railway Bridge Sept 2009. The old double-track bridge over the River Don to the south of Inverurie station as seen in Sept. 2009. It had been singled in the latter 60's and the Up side deck devoid of rails and left to the elements. The final photo was taken in April 2019, showing the...

I enjoyed a trip on one of the last HST runs from Swindon to Swansea. The set comprised of 43 198 dedicated to Brian Cooper OOC driver who died in the Paddington Crash in 1999. With W43 002 "Sir Kennet Grange" at the London end. I remember Brian Cooper when he joined the railway as a young and...

Double-tracking of the Aberdeen -Inverurie section continues and is getting near completion. At Thainstone, to the south of Inverurie. A plant was built for storing equipment etc for the work. Here by an abandoned over bridge you can see track and lineside clearance being made ready for relaying...

If this isn't the correct group for this subject please move it if necessary. I have checked out remains of the old Aberdeen to Inverurie canal at a couple of spots over the years. However back this April I managed to cover as much as possible. The railway from Waterloo Basin was built over the...

With further visits to the area the web pages have been updates. There are now seven sections, covering virtually every part of the railway track bed that it is possible to get on to. Sadly, the area of South Junction has been made impossible due to heavy tree growth and flooding and is well...

I visited the Charwelton to Woodford area for a look around. My first walk around took me to the Woodford Station site and to the three bridges to the south and as far as I could get towards South Junction. My second visit included Charwelton. The work going on between Charwelton station site...

My Cromford & High Peak Rlwy Walks web pages are back up working after loosing the photo links when Photobucket stopped free Third Party photo sharing. Cromford High Peak Walks

Again, due to losing my photo links on Photobucket I had to find a new photo server and re-link all the photographs involved on my Dyce To Fraserburgh & Peterhead track bed walks. The third branch was from Ellon to Boddam. This is one of the longest railway trails in the U.K. of around 45...

It's been a bit of a marathon but I have completed re-linking all my railway walks web sites after being cut off by Photobucket some months back. Here is the link to the Ellon To Boddam track bed walks. Not easy walks as none of it has been made up as a trail. The stations were, Auchmacoy...

After a couple of hours at Swanage I caught the 15.15 steam train to Corfe castle, where I spent a pleasant hour looking around before catch the last through train to Wareham and back home again. Beautiful station and village, withe the right weather to show it to it's best...

My first visit to the Swanage Railway thanks to the new connection at Wareham. A very nice little railway and countryside. The work put into building new stations has been incredible. Here are some of the photos taken while in Swanage...

Visited the site of Maud Junction, the ex GNSR station on the old Dyce to Fraserburgh and Peterhead branches. Maud Junction and station is still quite in situe and is the site for the Maud Railway Museum. Back in August the museum took over the newly preserved Coach from the...

I have been visiting the National Tramway quite regularly since 1966 and it's always a pleasant event. Their Annual Aug. Bank Holiday Extravaganzas were fantastic, with every type of Classic transport vehicle possible, from Trams to Steam traction, Static engines, Tractors, Classic Cars and a...

An 11 mile walk from Strichen to Fraserburgh on the 21st April 2016. I worked over this route as a second man back in he 60's. The section from Dyce Junction to Fraserburgh closed in 1979. https://youtu.be/YlZI4eGV1HQ

A 17 mile walk mover the old GNSR branch line from Dyce Junction to Fraserburgh and Peterhead. Starting off from Mintlaw to Ellon via Maud Junction. 19th April 2016. I worked over these lines as a secondman back in the 60's when I started on the railway at Kittybrewster Depot in Aberdeen...

Video clip from a walk between Middleton Top and Highcliffe on the High Peak Trail. Monday 16th May 2016. HD. http://youtu.be/EBvK7BCppV0

Enjoyed a walk between Middleton Top and Highcliff over the High Peak Trail yesterday. I noted they had built a new signal post at the top of the incline. However, I quickly noticed a serious error! They appear to have erected the signal the wrong way round! The signal is for wagons ready to...