Lynton and Barnstaple baggage and brake van
My untiring companion's My wife and daughter
All aboard and ready to go
The blog of a retired marine engineer who is old enough to remember the steam era and the joys of holiday trips in trains hauled by steam engines. Please feel free to comment or contact me on teachertalk1234@yahoo.co.uk. The blog is updated daily so please look back or follow regularly so as not to miss information and pictures
Monday, 24 December 2012
Woody Bay Lynton and Barnstaple railway
Previously unpublished pictures from Woody Bay
Always lovely when you find that which you thought was lost
Do pay them a vist
Above the locomotive 'Stafold' on duty
Visit them at http://www.lynton-rail.co.uk/
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Staniers Mogul LMS 2-6-0
On joining the LMS from Swindon one of Stanier's
first tasks was to reset the imbalance in Locomotive
stock. Shortage of the L&Y moguls (Crabs) meant
a priority was a good powerful good locomotive. The
answer was a mogul with a Swindon type boiler
L&Y Crab
The L&Y mogul commonly known as Crabs were a
significant addition to the MR, LNWR locomotive
stock in 1923 at grouping. Certainly the midland
small engine policy had an effect on the overall
stock available for both passenger and
goods working on the new grouped
railway
Monday, 10 December 2012
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Great Eastern Railway and the LNER
The seagoing aspects of the railways
Commemorating the Battle of Flamborough
The defeat and sinking of John Paul Jones ship Bon Homme Richard
Saturday, 1 December 2012
Bradford Foster Sq station and goods warehouse
The original station fronted onto Foster Sq itself top centre of this picture.
Foster Sq having been named after the father of the education bill of 1872
The old station was demolished many years ag and a new station
sited at the School St end bottom rt hand corner of this picture.
The original sation was a six platform arrangement the new one
has some four platforms for the modern electric trains operating
the Air valley route through Shipley east to Leeds and north to
Bingley, Keighley and Skipton.
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