Viewing Single Post From: Miniature Railway World Review of 2007

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MTA	1 Dec 2007, 05:50 PM
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	At the South Downs Light Railway, 2007 saw the completion of our new station canopy. This now provides shelter for the passengers and can almost house an entire train undercover during service. 2008 should see completion of the waiting room and ticket office which adjoins the canopy. 2007 also saw the return of SR 4-6-0 No. 771 'Sir Sagramore' return to service after overhaul (not that it has done passenger hauling) and it looks, sounds and runs beautifully. Although it is becoming possible that we may lose a couple of the standard gauge outline fleet due to sale, which in my books is a very sad thing indeed as I much prefer the standard outline engines to the NG ones. 2008 might see the beginning of the construction of a brand new workshop and engine shed facility which, going by the drawings, will look 'the bees knees'. It will increase how many engines will be housed on site to run services as well as providing on site workshop facilities which we do not currently have. The highlight of 2007 for me though was driving double headed with Chris English's Black 5 and Phil's Atlantic (maybe something to be repeated next year!).
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911

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