Easter Break tour of Southern miniature railways

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Easter Break tour of Southern miniature railways
Topic Started: 8 Apr 2009, 03:52 PM (874 Views)
Nick Tozer	15 Apr 2009, 11:56 PM Post #16
Chief Engineer Posts: 363 Group: Member Member #88 Joined: January 30, 2007	Tuesday ..... filmed the 2' gauge at Amberley, 12.25" gauge at Hotham Park and 2' gauge at Hayling ... almost 40 minutes of video and umpteen photos LOST after formatting errors!!!! Wednesday ... filmed the 12.25" gauge at Hotham Park and 2' gauge at Hayling AGAIN ... this time the camera only corrupted the video of the ride at Hotham Park



Nick Tozer	17 Apr 2009, 11:27 PM Post #17
Chief Engineer Posts: 363 Group: Member Member #88 Joined: January 30, 2007	Managed to visit and ride on the Royal Victoria and Exbury Gardens Railways on Thursday, followed by a visit and ride on the Poole Park Railway today. Photographs to follow when 'dongles' and family commitments permit.



Nick Tozer	18 Apr 2009, 11:07 PM Post #18
Chief Engineer Posts: 363 Group: Member Member #88 Joined: January 30, 2007	Another change of plan today as we discovered this morning that Plowman's Railroad won't run again until May BH weekend Visited Eastleigh Lakeside Railway again to see the return to service of the "Britannia" class 70055 'Rob Roy' and the A4 class 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley'. After the ELR we visited the nearby Bankside Miniature Railway and then the Moors Valley Railway (pictures of the latter to follow).



rough-shunter	19 Apr 2009, 02:35 PM Post #19
Director Posts: 1,738 Group: Friends of MRMT Member #121 Joined: April 27, 2007	the bankside railway is very strange not just being 8.25 gauge but using a sector plate to turn the train and loco
	JORDAN ASHLEY LEEDS Trains go into tunnels and come out but locos can go in sheds and never come out


Nick Tozer	19 Apr 2009, 10:30 PM Post #20
Chief Engineer Posts: 363 Group: Member Member #88 Joined: January 30, 2007	P Scott 8 Apr 2009, 06:36 PM I believe Cuckoo Hill only runs during the Fruit picking season. Chatting to the operator this afternoon I was advised that the intention is to run most weekends and more days during the school holidays. It was signposted as running 11:00 - 17:00 today. Cuckoo Hill Railway



glastonrail	19 Apr 2009, 11:39 PM Post #21
Dommo Posts: 2,374 Group: Member Member #85 Joined: January 7, 2007	Nick Tozer 19 Apr 2009, 10:30 PM P Scott 8 Apr 2009, 06:36 PM I believe Cuckoo Hill only runs during the Fruit picking season. Chatting to the operator this afternoon I was advised that the intention is to run most weekends and more days during the school holidays. It was signposted as running 11:00 - 17:00 today. Cuckoo Hill Railway I'd be interested in any details about the Cuckoo Hill Railway. I've seen it on the BGLR poster many times but have never managed to find any information about it. It certainly looks to be built along similar lines to Moors Valley and Swanley New Barn - chunky narrow-gauge locos, and similarly-built coaches. It looks an interesting little line and certainly one I would like to visit should the opportunity arise. Does anyone have any more details about it asides what's mentioned n this thread?? Length? Stock? Layout?? etc. Cheers, Dom Greenop DMR
	"There's no such thing as sanity, and that's the sanest fact" M. Knopfler, 1985 Dragon Miniature Railway, Stockport http://www.freewebs.com/dragonrailway


Nick Tozer	20 Apr 2009, 12:58 AM Post #22
Chief Engineer Posts: 363 Group: Member Member #88 Joined: January 30, 2007	Dom As with all the other railways visited during this break I will be posting video on youtube as soon as I get a better link than this mobile dongle! I have tried to upload a film of a trip on this line but without success ... when I do publish it then most of your questions will be answered. A good idea of the line can be obtained from following the link above to my fotopic gallery for this line. Nick



stuwebb	20 Apr 2009, 01:57 PM Post #23
Deputy Manager Posts: 436 Group: Member Member #255 Joined: September 11, 2007	glastonrail 19 Apr 2009, 11:39 PM I'd be interested in any details about the Cuckoo Hill Railway. I've seen it on the BGLR poster many times but have never managed to find any information about it. It certainly looks to be built along similar lines to Moors Valley and Swanley New Barn - chunky narrow-gauge locos, and similarly-built coaches. It looks an interesting little line and certainly one I would like to visit should the opportunity arise. Does anyone have any more details about it asides what's mentioned n this thread?? Length? Stock? Layout?? etc. Cheers, Dom Greenop DMR Dom The loco was built at Moors Valley and is Hortons sister locomotive.....hence the resenblance. From what I understand is that the stock is basically whats in the picture, although we keep trying to persuade them to buy a diesel locomotive.


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