slugwash
slugwash snailcreeper   United Kingdom (Great Britain)
 
 
Friendship offered to those who talk sense, with a smile . . .
For Railfans: I travelled on the last trains to run on the Salisbury & Dorset Junction Railway, Saturday 2nd May, 1964: West Country Class "Weymouth" 4-6-2 34091 - and - Standard Class 4 2-6-0 76066. Watching the news on the P2 Prince of Wales . . . https://www.p2steam.com/ . Big buff on the Bluebell.
Have a selection of magazines: Steam Railway, Heritage Railway, Steam Days, Steam World, Back Track . . .
Books: Britain's Best Railways, Flying Scotsman, Signalling in the Age of Steam, Salisbury & Dorset Junction Railway, Southern Infrastructure 1922-1943 Stations-Signalling-Trackwork, The Little Book of Steam, Mainline Steam in the 1980's. Inherited a large selection of international railway DVDs, mags and books - :steamhappy:
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Waratah B set 2017年5月2日 3時49分 
Are you dead or something like that? We really miss you.
Waratah B set 2016年12月20日 19時25分 
Thanks for adding me as a friend!
slugwash 2016年5月18日 2時58分 
Ah - he would have liked to have been at the 50th Anniversary of its closure, two years ago in Downton - there was a chap there with a working model of Downton Station and its immediate surroundings - volunteers had helped him dismantle it and transport it from his home - and presumably take it back at the end. An expert gave and amazing talk and presentation about the complete history of the line - and there was much discussion among the large number of folk present - some quite elderly! - and loads of photos and ancient press cuttings - fascinating!
ejen341 2016年5月11日 17時16分 
My father in law used to mention the S and D line years ago, he remember it fondly