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Waiting for the 15.27 back into Nottingham after a pleasant day walking the old GNR route from Hucknall to Newstead via Linby. While waiting for the train my camera was packed away and wasn't expecting anymore photography when suddenly this light loco came into via approaching from Worksop. I...

I had an enjoyable visit to the GCR Diesel Weekend on Saturday 7th September. The weather was a bit bleak and wet but they had put on a good number of different diesel types and every station had plenty of movements to keep your interest. A busy time table averaged out at four trains per hour...

My apologies for the errors that were in my web site that I published a few days back. The gremlins had really got into it. I had uploaded two wrong pages that broke many links and didn't have the updates that I had made just prior to that. I spent much time sorting out the mess and feel that...

I had a nice day out to Southend on Saturday 6th Aug. The first time both for visiting the place and also using the new Elizabeth Line. What a fantastic difference it makes crossing London compared to the Underground. It is now 15 minutes faster getting from Paddington Elizabeth station to...

While in Aberdeen this past April I managed to get to three sites of the old Aberdeen-Inverurie Canal and add photos from these visits to my web pages on the canal. I thought that this concluded all the available sites but there is still one to the south of Inverurie that I need to cover...

It's been nice to get back to outings visiting the old coal mines and their tramways in and around Radstock once again. I have completed the mines in Radstock with only a few to cover around Midsomer Norton. They were all under the Radstock Coalmine sector and most connected by narrow or...

Many of us stretch things a bit when going around taking photographs of old station sites. In this instance I am referring to taking the change when going on to private land to reach a particular site. No thought of damaging or removing anything is ever intended or to take any photo that would...

I have walked the Ex Somerset & Dorset track bed from Bath to Chilcompton and from that got interested in the incredible number of Ex coal mines that also had their own standard and narrow gauge lines including inclines. There were over 70 mines in the Radstock-Midsomer Norton area. For my walks...

We all have our favourite railways and the railways in and around Dundee are among mine and I have walked much of the closed lines in Angus. However, as well as bringing prosperity, for some, it caused serious problems as well. I found this interesting report in today's Dundee Courier. You...

My second outing since lockdown. Walking the old GCR from Charwelton to Catesby Tunnel and Viaduct on the 21st of July. 54 years since the last time I passed over this section by motorbike in 1967. The walk outwards was via the official footpath but retuned walking over the high embankment above...

A visit to Brackley Viaduct in 1978. The viaduct was being prepared for demolition. The colour transparency film suffered a processing fault and wee corrected as best as possible when I got them converted to digital. Some would come right therefore were converted to grayscale that made them...

I enjoyed another visit to the Charwelton and Woodford Halse area on the 1st of February. My main aim was to visit the old GCR Water Tank to the north of Woodford and to also visit the Woodford Model Railway Club who held an open day. I have updated the photos and videos to my web pages. The...

Sunday the 9th of February 2020 the Power station chimney was demolished and so removing the last semblance of Didcot Power station 'A' that began generating in 1973. Here are some photos taken while working a coal train around the power station in 2003 and 2004 just to remember what they site...

I need some information about a problem regarding Security Threat message. I have a Video Editing programme that I purchased a while back. I had an earlier version for some years and never had a problem. It is a well established company and well known. However, quite suddenly the new programme...

I have re-done my Ex GNSR track bed walks videos of 2016 & 2017 to HD quality on YouTube. The previous videos were of quite a low resolution. Strichen To Fraserburgh Video HD Strichen To Maud Video HD Mintlaw To Peterhead Video HD Mintlaw To Ellon Video HD Ellon To Dyce Video HD

Eastleigh Lakeland Railway. A dual narrow gauge railway running around a park with a lake formed from a previous sand quarry. I t is formed of a long loop, which forms a return loop back to the main station and includes a short loop curve to arrive back facing the same direction it departed...

A few shots of video taken at Cheltenham Race Course station on Sunday 8th Sept. 2019. Planned to have a trip on the railway to see the Classic Car display at Toddington and to visit Broadway station for the first time since it was reopened. However, thanks to the booked train from Swindon. The...

Along with te many preserved trams running at the National Tramway Museum on the 26th Aug there was a fine collection of Classical Road Vehicles on static display. https://www.flickr.com/photos/31261872@N07/48635208953/in/album-72157710583138957/

I know it's not trains but they do run on rails. I grew up with the trams in my home town of Aberdeen during the 40's & 50s and loved the trams well before I joined the railways in 1963 and got to enjoy working on trains. All the trams running and on static display at the National Tramway...

Over the last few weeks & have walked the old S&D track bed from Midsomer Norton to Shoscombe & Single Hill and found it quite interesting. I have added these walks to my previous BathTo Wellow Walks. The only section you can't walk is between Single Hill and Wellow, although you see some of it...