following on from my inadvertent insulting of train spotters - worth checking out a BBC 'Time shift' on the iPlayer - 'last days of steam'...fun fact the vast majority of heritage railway locomotives now operating in the UK came from a scrapyard in...Barry

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Indeed, Dai Woodhams I believe. I visited there in the seventies, eerie seeing rows upon rows of steam engines, some rusting hulks and many not that old, hence their suitability for purchase by preservation societies.

I just missed “the steam age” which must have been fascinating for young railway enthusiasts.

Phil in Northampton

My 70th Birthday gift from son was a ride on the footplate of a steam choo choo on the Watercress Line
Unmissable

mad norm wrote:My 70th Birthday gift from son was a ride on the footplate of a steam choo choo on the Watercress Line
Unmissable

I trust your son filled in as fireman, Norm.

I missed the steam age too. In fact I very nearly missed the diesel-hydraulics that followed in their wake.