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Originally the line in the form of the Porthadog, Beddglert and South Snowdon was to have been overhead powered by Hydro power. I guess the original promoters were just 100 years too early - but they certainly had vision.

Your second idea sounds a good one. I did see a concept a while ago for a FWHR railcar - looked quite good.

I have read all about it in the FR Magazine - but that does not mean I or other members agree. The GM did a great job getting the railway through recent events but it does need to be returning to normal otherwise it will just become a boring theme park. I am not saying there is not a market...

Its the "Model Bakery" been there well over 10 years it is near the CoOp diagonally across the road on the left. The owner who trained as a rocket engineer apparently appeared on a bakery programme with his pasties well over a decade ago. I am a traditional Cornish Pasty person and seldom find...

I would be embarrassed to even go to the press with a story like that. Why do people not realise they can't blame everyone else for their circumstances or situation? Too much "sad face" reporting going on these days that the tabloid media both local and national thrive upon. Last month...

I understand what you say about BF but I don't think it is quite that grim. Property prices are on the low side and there may be reasons for it. It does support an artisan bakery which doesn't exactly fall into the budget category and the produce some interesting Kurdish (yes Kurdish) pasties...

I think you would find UNESCO would disagree with you. BF is one of the key locations in the recently designated slate heritage landscape BF is not a dump and they are not "slag heaps"! Blaenau omitted from the National Park when that was designated but I have read on several occasions in...

I doubt I am in the minority - Merseyside / Manchester is quite close it is only around 2 hours away. Many FWHR visitors are day trippers. You can't have a scenic narrow gauge experience at the ELR!

I am sure some of the Torrington / Bideford trips were organised by a chap by the name of Joanes trading as Joanes Travel. I have just had a quick look at Six Bells Junction and found one entry day excursion from Torrington / Bideford / Barnstaple and other Tarka Line Stations to London...

Yes but it never used to be that way until certain events two years ago. Yes by all means run experiences but I am talking a basic service on both lines during the operating season which can be sold as prebooked experiences for those that want but are there for other people to use. When the...

I think it is clear that what is boring for one person isn't necessarily boring for another. It is a very personal thing. Personally I am influenced by geographic location and tend to visit places associated with the GWR in Wales and England along with the SR in south and south west England...

Yes but they keep advertising "Experiences" on Facebook each week. I would just like to see a normal advertised train service. of two trains per day one morning one afternoon over both lines. Any extras can be experience led as there is clearly a market for this particularly Porthmadog -...

Yes scenes were filmed on the Dart Valley Railway at Staverton which also appeared in the other Delderfield adaptation "A Horseman Riding By". You really should not have given up on "To Serve them All My Days" it really is a fantastic series. I had only left school a couple of years earlier in...

Did not excursions operate from Torrington and possibly Bideford stations until freight closure? Also wasn't Okehampton also used for the odd outbound excursion until it was officially reopened last November?

Sorry to spoil it. Some scenes throughout the series were set in Berlin which had been rebuilt as Albert Speer's Germania. Shame they didn't feature the German Broad Gauge proposals. Bought a very interesting book on the Breitspurbahn at the Welshpool and Llanfair a few years ago. At 9ft...

There is a jet propelled monorail featured at the final episode of the Amazon alternative history series - The Man In the High Castle. The resistance blow the track supports and there is a spectacular crash leading to the death of Reichsmarshall John Smith. This is a clip from YouTube - it is...

One episode of Father Brown was filmed at Gotherington on the private house side of the station. Father Brown and his pals were sitting there supposedly waiting for a train but no attempt has been made to disguise the fact there is no track at this platform. I must say I really do enjoy FB they...

One of the station name boards at Bere Alston (Tavistock end of platform) was still showing Wessex Trains branding in April when I last used the station. I took this photo of it in September 2021

The Royal Navy has a vast slang dictionary which one can buy. The book is "Jack Speak" written by a former sailor runs to over 500 pages spaced out a bit with a few appropriate cartoons. I saw a copy on the shipping shelves in a book shop some years ago and bought a copy. Interesting to see...

Yes I as a GW enthusiast they have embraced the GWR uncompromisingly too which I find pleasing. Though I do wonder if perhaps in the future they should turn out one loco and set of carriages in BR blue just to remind everyone how it was in the 70s when it was probably at its most boring! I was...