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I persevered watching all 6 episodes. Best categorised as Comedy/Drama.

And Whizzer and Chips

As a teenager in the 1970s I clearly remember thinking to myself, how will a 4VEP 4CIG or any kind of EMU or DMU ever be nostalgic in the future? And yet here I am 50 years later feeling so nostalgic for them! Whilst my first love is steam and anything properly vintage, the recent past has such...

The Bluebell made great use of diesel locomotives during the building of the northern extension to East Grinstead so it’s probably fair to say that they achieved social acceptance on the railway from then onwards.

Night Mail by Public Service Broadcasting. Look it up on YouTube- sorry I can’t do a link

The annual return of swallows to nest in the outbuilding and the very first ripe fig of the year off the tree.

Agreed

Don’t use the WC when the train is standing in the station, If you’ve got to go then you’ve got to go before you reach your destination, You’ll be fined five quid if you lift the lid and put upon probation, So don’t use the WC when the train is standing in the station! (an old song lyric I heard...

You remember that when you flew on an aircraft with your young children, the air hostess would invite you all mid flight go on the flight deck to meet the pilot and copilot.

Looking forward to it! Keep up the good work

A very excellent and thorough piece of research Roger and no less than your usual high standard! I have a chair and short length of rail which I retrieved from the track bed about 20 years ago close to Rushbury Station (the next stop down the line from Longville) and if memory serves me right...

The Pullman car which spent many years at the Little Mill in Rowarth is ex Brighton Belle but was in a pretty poor state so probably never even considered for use in the reincarnated Belle. When I lived nearby some years ago, the seats with BR ‘Bournemouth Blue’ moquette were in the pub itself.

There are a number of historic repurposed carriage bodies at Dungeness which were converted into dwellings in the 1920’s and 30s. This was the subject of a thread a couple of years ago entitled Aberporth Railway Carriage Conversions (sorry I can’t add a link but it’s worth looking up)

In November ‘21 I started a thread entitled ‘The Variety of Station Buffers’ which drew some interesting observations from various members. I was prompted having admired these impressive examples at Glasgow Central

Many thanks all for your comments and suggestions.

Many thanks John. It was indeed a private freight line of around two miles in length. I’ll get in touch with the Industrial Railway Society as you suggest.

I’m trying to find out some information concerning this 3’6” gauge Manning Wardle locomotive of 1903 from the Guildford Tramway at Sandwich, Kent. One big mystery is the loco’s livery and if anyone has any information on this I’d be really grateful.

Are you a pregnant mermaid?

I remember that soon after the HSTs were introduced there was a proposal that the ‘married’ power cars should have appropriate names for example ‘Samson’ paired with ‘Delilah’ and ‘Queen Victoria’ paired with ‘Prince Albert’ or ‘Fred Astaire’ paired with ‘Ginger Rogers’ (I’ve plucked the names...

This tiny island in Loch Carron, a stone’s throw from Duncraig railway station (also a gem)