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29 April 2023
Bentley Babe Magnet
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It’s a glorious spring evening and Ivan Locksmith is out again accompanied by Terry Tuttle-Thomas-Smythe to witness Wigan shed’s (27D) Stani...
28 April 2023
Why I Very Rarely Exhibit
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Front End Friday aka #FEF In the land of the inch high, at Brew Street the irregular passenger service is quite frequently horse drawn, or...
27 April 2023
The Return of The Tittyfield Thunderbolt
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It’s Titfield Thunderbolt Thursday again. The day when something inspired by the much loved cult colour Ealing Comedy from 70 years ago is p...
26 April 2023
Shampoo & Set
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A recent photo grabbed from the rear of the former Pedant & Armchair pub showing as 66618 ‘Railways Illustrated’ rumbling through on a c...
25 April 2023
William Morris
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William Morris was a keen photographer. And here is a shot or his new car with Templecombe shed’s 4631 picking up a couple of empty wagons f...
24 April 2023
Unknown Location - Can You Help?
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Monochrome Monday again, and because the colour meter isn’t topped up until Tuesday morning at the earliest, and because of colour overuse d...
23 April 2023
Ingerland!
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Deliberation Dave and Jimmy Hootsmaloots introduce a new shunting engine to Hubert the conversational Latin speaking horse. Hubert treating ...
21 April 2023
Miniatur Wunderland
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A snap from a few years ago when I visited Miniatur Wunderland with the Model Rail magazine team. The loco here is Sentinel Number 1, the or...
20 April 2023
Foamer or Fanboy?
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Foamer Thursday… Yesterday I popped in to the Severn Valley Railway at Bridgnorth, Shropshire and spotted this rebuilt ‘West Country’ class ...
17 April 2023
Monochrome Monday
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Monochrome Monday again, and because the colour meter isn’t topped up until Tuesday morning, and because of colour overuse during the week p...
16 April 2023
Beryl’s New Car
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Following on from yesterday’s post, it’s now first thing Sunday morning. There has been little progress after the Ruston Bucyrus crane jamme...
15 April 2023
Scrap!
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Saturday evening at the canal basin. As most Saturdays there is plenty going on, but not often beyond pub opening at 7pm. From left to righ...
13 April 2023
Just Before The Big Bang
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It’s Titfield Thunderbolt Thursday again. The day of the week when something inspired by the much loved cult colour Ealing Comedy from 70 ye...
12 April 2023
‘That High Vis Fad’
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Seen from the relative safely of Culmstock in Devon looking towards the Independent Tax Free Principality Somerset, it’s either storming or ...
11 April 2023
Driverless Cars & Red Flag Willy
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Click to enlarge Tram Engine Tuesday. At Windmill Sidings, Red Flag Willy, who’s been waving his flag continuously ever since he was moulde...
10 April 2023
New Kit, Old Kit
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In gorgeous evening light, posh photographer Ivan Locksmiths can be seen with Terry Tuttle-Thomas Smythe as he records a Stanier 2-6-4 locom...
09 April 2023
Raymond Rabbit
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Click to enlarge Raymond Rabbit has just closed the level crossing gates at Culmstock to the road to allow the locomotive through with its ...
08 April 2023
Mice & Men
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Saturday morning at Culmstock, ‘Deliberation’ Dave and ‘over and out, Roger have evacuated the locomotive cab due to a mouse being spotted h...
07 April 2023
Not Quite Front End Friday
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Not Quite Front End Friday #NQFEF - Harry the Hammer and Shameless Shamus have been waiting at the tiny halt for days camping out in a nearb...
06 April 2023
Something’s Afoot?
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It’s Titfield Thunderbolt Thursday again. The day when something inspired by that cult colour Ealing Comedy is posted, in this case a scruff...
05 April 2023
Pontification
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At the colliery, getting motivated to start the early shift always takes some time in the land of the inch high. As usual there are the rece...
04 April 2023
My Most Stolen Photo
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I wasn’t sure what I was going to post today, but this one came up from 2009 shortly after I extended Cement Quay by an extra 3 or 4 feet w...
02 April 2023
The Railway Hotel
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Sunday at Culmstock in Devon and rumour has it that the passenger service might be ending in the forthcoming year, so celebrity average posh...
01 April 2023
I’m Building a TMD!
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I’ve decided after much thought to break up Brew Street. Once the boards have been stripped right back I’m going to build a TMD aka Traction...
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