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Ridiculous Railway Ramblings On Steam...

Sunday, 13 April 2014

The Traction Engine Life, On Rails...

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Hi guys. Today I was kindly invited aboard Aveling & Porter 2-2-0 "The Blue Circle" for the day. The engine: the fourth in o...
Saturday, 12 April 2014

A Beautiful Day with Beautiful "Bluebell"...

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"A Beautiful Shot" (by R.Eborall) Hi everyone. Well, this was it, the eagerly anticipated first day of the Battlefield Line...
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Friday, 11 April 2014

Preparing for the Gala...

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Hi guys. Today was our final prep day for the gala, with the first gala trains in action tomorrow! It was a long day today, with a number ...
Thursday, 10 April 2014

Achilles Report No52: Well On The Way...

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Hi everyone. More progress has been made over the last week or so on my 5" gauge locomotive "Achilles". The tanks, cab, bun...
Monday, 7 April 2014

A Quiet Sunday at Shackerstone...

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Hi guys. Today, as the title of this post describes, was a quiet day at Shackerstone. I was there from around 11am until 5pm and we carried ...
Monday, 31 March 2014

An Easy Day at Shackerstone...

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Hi guys. A short and sweet day today at Shackerstone. I helped Andy in the shed in the morning before being invited out with John & D...
Sunday, 30 March 2014

Statfold Success with "Minas de Aller"...

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Hello guys. Today at 5:20am I was on the road, bound for Statfold. By 6am, most of us were on the shed frontage lighting up the locomotive...
Saturday, 29 March 2014

Statfold Prep Day...

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Hi guys. Today I went to Statfold again to help with the preparations for tomorrow's forthcoming Open Day. Upon my arrival at Midday t...
Thursday, 27 March 2014

Achilles Report No51: Smokebox Success at Last!...

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Hi there. Regular readers will probably have been keeping up with the steady progress on my locomotive "Achilles". She has been ...
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Sam Brandist
Hello and thank you for visiting my railway blog. I've been interested in railways since a very early age, in particular steam locomotives. My fascination for steam over the past two decades has resulted in me becoming a driver on the Statfold Barn Railway and a fireman on the Great Central Railway. I've been lucky enough to have been a part of the Main Line Support Crew for Tyseley Locomotive Works and also did five years firing at Bala Lake as well as some driving at Evesham Vale. Throughout this blog, which began in 2008, you can see details of my exploits and read of the many experiences and good friends I've met on my coal-powered preservation journey. It is an absolute pleasure to write about my hobby and an even greater pleasure to know that other people read the drivel that I scrawl! Thank you very much for visiting and I hope you enjoy this insight into my completely barking mad steam engine diary!
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