Sunday Running - 12/06/2016

A dull day at the WDSME with rain on-and-off. But as eager as ever, Chris was the first on the track with his LNER O4 despite the fact he had only arrived on site 40 minutes earlier! He was later accompanied by Paul with his GWR 4560 2-6-2 who bravely battled the afternoon's rain showers. When Tim arrived on the track with his GER 0-6-0 Simplex locomotive, Chris retired to the station loop to let the tank engines run the show. To finish the afternoon off, Tim & Paul joined forces to double head a train of 3 coaches with Chris hot on their tail! All in all, a good day. Well, so it was until approximately 3:50pm when the heavens opened just as it was time to pack away. If that didn't put a dampener on the day I do not know what (If you'll pardon the pun)

Tim Driving Chris's LNER O4

"Double Trouble" as Paul & Tim Double Head!

Sunday Running - 05/06/2016

Today saw another lovely day at the track. Chris started running with his LNER O4 at about 10:45am and before twelve noon, our official opening time, we had already had about 24 passengers.  The nice weather certainly brought them out early and steadily until 4 o’clock when we managed to force the entrance gates closed.

During the day we had Joe with his lovely J4 loco, the newest to his fleet. Being closely followed by Adam driving the debut appearance, into traffic, of Geoff Birch’s Sweet Pea Loco, after a few laps to get used to loco he was then soon commandeered into carrying passengers.

We then again saw Tim with his Simplex (better known as the Timplex) taking his turn at conveying our many passengers.

While all this was going on we had a visit from two guys, who seemed to be quite professional, armed with video cameras tripods and all sorts of photographic wizardry. They proceeded to take shots and films from every conceivable position including actually inside our signal box, being given strict instructions not to pull any levers or push any buttons while the trains were running.

Chris with his LNER O4 Steam Locomotive

Tim Enjoyed the Sunshine Between His Duties!

Article by John Bennett (Chairman - WDMSE)