Real train and railway pictures, mostly steam, in Scotland and N.England plus a few overseas. |
(Sound on this page is of resident locomotives 80105 and 65243 Maude on The Scottish Railway Preservation Society line at Bo'Ness - watch it happening here) |
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| We travelled on the Festiniog, all Fairlies. More that fairly good |
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| There only seemed to be one steam hauled (pushed?) train on this June 2008 Bank holiday. |
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| Most trains on Snowdon seem to be propelled by these disel locomotives. While they are interesting and do the job they can't match up to the original steamers |
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| Morayshire at Kinneil |
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| Diesel restoration at Bo'ness - July 2008 |
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| 61994 - The Great Marquess approaching Causewyhead on the Alloa Stirling line - re-opening secial 15th May 2008 - for more details see the Alloa Railway website |
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| 61994 a few hundred metres further on |
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| 61994 just outside Stirling |
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| 55022 in Stirling station with 61994 qt the other end of the train |
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| 55022 leaving Stirling and crossing the river Forth - Coaches are used on Scottish Railway Preservation Society railtours |
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| In the evening the empty train made it's way back to Bo'ness via Greenhill junction. Here 61994 tries very hard when appraching Greenhill after a signal stop |
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| Complete train waits for it's path in the Greenhill loop |
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| The train finally heads off in the Edinburgh direction. It will reverse again at Linlithgow and head down the Bo'ness line. |
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| The 2008 North Btitain passing Stirling on 15th April 2008. A4 60009 |
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| There were some other trains passed while I waited. This is a Railtrack works vehicle |
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| And a 66 which you could turn upside down |
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| In case anyone hasn,t seen First Scotrail livery this is what it looks like on a class 170 3 car disel set - note Wallaces Monument, a Stirling landmark |
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| On a recent trip to Holland I saw a few interesting trains and trams |
| First was Stoomtram Hoorne. Standard gauge and about 40kilometers with about half a dozen beautifully restored locomotives. Many coaches and wagons and several attactive stations. |
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| A tram passes through central Amsterdam |
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| Nearby is Harlem which had a tram system but only two seem to survive - in the bus garage. Beware this small museum has limited opening hours. |
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| And then to France where I travelled by by Eurostar, TGV, local and the Yellow train |
| A recent double deck TGV - Montpellier |
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| A typical French electric loco with a Spanish Talgo train set |
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| Montpellier tram |
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| At Latour De Carol a typical "local" train |
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| Spanish Train at Latour De Carol |
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| The Yellow train heading for Latour De Carol. Metre gauge, third rail electric at 850v DC and 100 years old. AND with the worlds only railway suspension bridge. |
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| Bordeau St Jean once had (and probably still has) the biggest overall station canopy. |
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| Bordeaux tram |
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| Bordeaux tram abgain but notice anything missing? - see below |
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| No overhead! (did you get it?) Notice the third centre rail. Yes Hornby Dublo is alive and well and running in France |
| Not often you can report the opening
of a complete new railway. But this is one. Near Perth it
is run by Perth model engineers. There is a good circuit
already complete with loops, turntable, shed, signal box
and workshop. It is dual gauge 5inch and 7 1/4inc. With 7
acres available there will be more to come. Look out for public open days. |
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| Here's a railway you might not know about in the Scottish Borders at Ford and Etal. It is steam hauled and runs from Ford where there is a model railway display - one G scale - to Etal where there is a castle. You will see lots of wildlife here as well as the line runs through fields and by a river away from roads. |
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| I also vistited the North York Moors Railway and took some pictures at Goathland Station. |
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| At last i got to visit the
Welsh Highland Railway to see the Garratts in action. The
original Welsh Highland and the Festiniog were also on
the list. Here are some picures (April 2007). A WHL Garrett - Milennium A loco on the Festiniog Welsh Highland site Prince and Taliesin at Tanygrisiau |
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| The Great Britain tour train passed Stirling on 10th
April 2007. It was hauled North by the A4 and the K4
joined it in Pert for the run to Inverness. Pictures show the two locos returning South through Stirling on 15th April, A4 arriving in Perth and the K4 in Perth all on 10th April. |
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| Following behind in case of problems was West Coast Trains 47 245 - seen in Perth |
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