Posts About Steam Trains
I’ve always loved steam trains.
As a young child I lived near the railway, the Canada Dock Branch of the London and Northwestern Railway. I used to love watching the steam engines go by, they seemed so alive.
In 1966 my parents moved to a house near the main railway line between Liverpool and Manchester. Until their demise in 1968, I saw lots of them on that line. I remember walking to school every day, watching a steam hauled goods train passing on the way. You knew it was coming because of the steam put out by the loco. You could see it in the distance, a mile away. I used to wait by a bridge over the line waiting for it to pass. Sometimes I was almost late for school.
Single Line Token Exchange
Photograph of a steam train entering Porthmadog station, the fireman is passing the single line token to the signal man.
12 December 2024
Steam Train at Porthmadog
Steam Train Arriving at Porthmadog
Photograph of a steam train on the Ffestiniog preserved railway arriving at Porthmadog.
7 October 2024