Author: Simon Wood

Happy Easter everyone from Brodie’s Folly and keep safe, from John and Lynda.Note: two new plastic-card diesels for the line!

William and Harry attempting to stop all services on the Wittering and Linton Railway

An overview of the Wittering and Linton Railway.

Squadron Leader Hillard (rtd) former Manager of the RAF Valley Light Railway examines damage to Lady Caroline.

General view of Wittering station with goods shed and brewery in background.

Goods train passing Cottesmore station.

Cottesmore Brewery opened following construction of the nearby RAF base!

Lady Emily and Lady Caroline with their namesakes; respectively the daughter and wife of the manager. Both desperately in need of heavy general overhaul but engineering facilities sadly lacking in UAE. (The locomotives not the family members!)

Track arrived yesterday. Our first loco and wagons (from kits) on our first piece of laid track, passing our first (unfinished) building (railway works) Having a great meeting in Kidwelly , no name for railway yet. Keith & Anna

In the early days of the Sling and Lavan Tramway (over 30 years ago!) it became a tradition of our family to run a train to collect Easter Eggs left in the garden by the Easter Bunny. This carried on while our children grew up and has since become something our young Grandchildren also enjoy.

This year, of course, they are unable to visit us and so the Tramway track maintenance gang have needed to go out ahead of the first train to clear Eggs from the line! At least our Grandchildren have been able to enjoy the video of this work, and I hope you will too …

Benne has “landed” on a remote volcanic island. He spent some time there in the early 20th century rejuvenating the salt industry in the volcanic crater, along with his French compatriots. Here he built his first wagon with a sail, to move the salt around the windy island.

Plenty of salt, but no eggs… aaah

Shearstream Light Railway

Benne has decided to search further afield, so he flies off on his quest to a volcanic island.

See him go…

Or use this link:

https://youtu.be/fNziLA-z6xg

Shearstream Light Railway – Home of “The Flying Skip”