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Ruislip Lido; An unusual day!
Topic Started: 19 Sep 2007, 02:41 PM (635 Views)
MuzTrem	19 Sep 2007, 02:41 PM Post #1
Operations Manager Posts: 921 Group: Friends of MRMT Member #65 Joined: December 5, 2006	Ok, not quite as interesting as the Cleethorpes gala that was on the same weekend, but we still had some interesting workings at Ruislip on the 9th September. Pictures at http://steamandheritagerailways.fotopic.net/c1371078.html - please have a look if you have time!



Timbo	19 Sep 2007, 02:52 PM Post #2
Timbo Posts: 1,372 Group: Moderators Member #53 Joined: October 24, 2006	Nice pics! One of my earliest memories is of a (presumably) Sunday morning after watching my dad racing dinghies on the lido, going on an open-top train behind Robert. I was smitten by that loco and miniature railways ever since. My family was involved in the Lido for many years - but it broke their hearts to see it fall apart in the 1990s. I don't think any have been back since. Have there been any further plans to extend the line around the rest of the lake again? There were often suggestions for it to happen, but never materialised. That and a short 7.25" gauge line for younger volunteers - but I think that's been canned too now? I am constantly surprised by the popularity of the line and indeed the Lido park - when we visited last November it was freezing cold but absolutely heaving full of people.
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JonPotter	19 Sep 2007, 05:07 PM Post #3
Guard Posts: 134 Group: Member Member #4 Joined: August 15, 2006	Well I guess it is always going to have that factor, Tim. After all it is a line that you visit because it's there and you are a local, other than the ###### miniature railway enthusiasts. The visitor numbers will always be heaving simply because of the popularity of the Lido - I guess both the lake and the railway benefit of each other. And, yes - I think both plans have been scrapped, but Murray will know for sure.
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glastonrail	19 Sep 2007, 05:34 PM Post #4
Dommo Posts: 2,374 Group: Member Member #85 Joined: January 7, 2007	A nice collection of photos there, Murray, thanks for sharing. It seems that Ruislip Lido has a long and complicated history I never knew about before. Could someone enlighten me on to key details? 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


MuzTrem	19 Sep 2007, 05:57 PM Post #5
Operations Manager Posts: 921 Group: Friends of MRMT Member #65 Joined: December 5, 2006	timbodunn,Sep 19 2007 01:52 PM Have there been any further plans to extend the line around the rest of the lake again? There were often suggestions for it to happen, but never materialised. That and a short 7.25" gauge line for younger volunteers - but I think that's been canned too now? Well I think the railway has extended as far as it is going to for the forseeable future. Any ideas of joining the line up to make a complete circle round the lake were quickly disspelled when someone realised that the line would then have to charge VAT on it's tickets! :rolleyes: The idea for a 7.25" line was really just a personal project by one of our younger members who happened to have a load of 7.25" track and parts for an engine. It's been dead and buried for a long time now. Edited by MuzTrem, 11 Feb 2009, 08:59 PM.



daveholroyde	11 Feb 2009, 08:36 PM Post #6
Ticket Collector Posts: 93 Group: MRMT Trustees Member #218 Joined: August 16, 2007	Could anyone confirm the make and type or horsepower of the engines currently installed in locos 7,8 and 9 at Ruislip Lido Rly. Info required for NGRS special on Severn-Lamb locos due out this summer. Thanks , Dave Holroyde



MuzTrem	11 Feb 2009, 08:59 PM Post #7
Operations Manager Posts: 921 Group: Friends of MRMT Member #65 Joined: December 5, 2006	Ooh...good question! I don't know but shall endeavour to find out...


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