Whilst the passengers enjoy a fish and chip dinner in the station restaurant Senior Driver Richard Batton works his pacific 'Hurricane' around the balloon at Dungeness to be ready for the return t... (more)
Steam train to the moon? This one certainly seems to be on an interplanetary trajectory, though its speed is probably insufficient to escape the earth's gravitational pull!
Bickershaw Colliery used steam traction until 1979 until diesels arrived, when steam was demoted to standby use. A small fleet of 'Austerity' 0-6-0 saddletanks kept the coal moving. Blue liveried ... (more)