Steam Locomotives

The Isle of Wight.
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/

I have been on that Haven Street is a nice little station, everything restored very nicely. Southern region coaches are like new.

Quote: Sheldonboy wrote in post #27

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I have been on that Haven Street is a nice little station, everything restored very nicely. Southern region coaches are like new.

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Still on the Isle of Wight…
They are also running 1938 London Underground trains on the IOW Island Line service.
http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/island-line.aspx
http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/uploads/pocket24.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_1938_Stock

I don't know about these days but the Isle of Wight (tube Trains) used to be very brightly painted. I have been on one along Ryde Pier, half a mile out to the end where the Foot ferries come in.

They had some painted with dinosaurs a while ago, now it seems they are all painted in LU red, just as they were in 1938.

To be fair the Dinosaur trains looked like they were covered in Grafitti from a distance.

This is a good program on BBC iPlayer.

It starts with some interviews and a history lesson and turns into a long procession of various steam engines and old carriages, all travelling down a long straight, with an excellent commentary.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01...150-at-rainhill

If you are interested in the restoration of old railway waggons (or other items), then you might be interested in the following website showing the results of a team that do these restorations

http://www.ipernity.com/doc/312383/album

I've been looking at that website, there are so many photo's it kept me entertained for hours.
There is a lot of joinery involved in an old carriage.

Not models but a collection of the real beasts that the models are supposed to be based on.
National Railway Museum.
Robert C Jones

5043 and the Cathedrals Express

35028 Clan Line with the Cathedrals Express to Exeter

Very good Volty.

I am a fan of steam trains ,its amazing the weight you can move with a few pounds of steam.