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Saturday 10th August Fish
+ Chip Supper ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Society recently visited the GLOUCESTERSHIRE WARWICKSHIRE RAILWAY at Toddington, and were treated to a tour of the carriage works. Read more about the reip in the September issue of Bufferstop
Many thanks to the GWR and the people who made the day special for us. Photo of P+O 35006 (right).
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special category for 2019 Photographic Competition was BLACK + WHITE See The 2019 set of winning photos here See the 2018 set of winning photos here See the 2017 set of winning photos here See the 2016 set of winning photos here See the 2015 set of Winning photos here -------------------------------------------------------------------- Trips 2014 Society Trip to Garden and Woodlands
Railway – 27th July 2014 LEIGHTON BUZZARD RAILWAY TRIP 6th September
2014 2013 The society visited the Mid Hants railway this year, on a gloriously sunny day in June. The members were treated to a fascinating conducted tour of the facilities, and given an insight into the future plans for the line. Some fantastic engineering is done in the works at Ropley, and we can all see some of their work output, at work on both the preserved and main lines of the country. The loco in use on our visit was Southern Railway Schools no 925 Cheltenham, which has recently returned from the Gloucester Warwick Railway, where it is thought it made it's first visit to Cheltenham.
825 Cheltenham approaches at Alresford whilst several members wait for the ride to begin.
2012 The society visited the Great Central Railway on Wednesday 27th June 2012, and enjoyed a conducted tour of the engine shed and workshops. It is amazing what can be achieved by a small dedicated group of enthusiasts, with just a few paid staff. We saw work being carried out on a boiler with some fairly extensive welding going on whilst we were there, also there was a new throat plate being fabricated. We were also told about the distinct possibility that a bridge would be built over the A6 just to the north of the Loughborough site, allowing some commercial traffic to use the line. This would be of benefit to the line, but also to Railtrack, the commercial firm involved and the cal economy. It could mean a line of about18 miles linking the northern outskirts of Leicester to the southern outskirts of Nottingham, where a tram interchange could situated. We enjoyed two round trips on the line, and several of us took the opportunity to sample the lines renowned 'ALL DAY BREAKFAST', whilst being steam hauled along the only double track preserved line in the country. Unfortunately engineering work on the line prevented us from getting to Leicester north, the Southern terminus of the line, but it allowed us time to visit the carriage works at Rothley, where the enthusiasts restoring some BR Mk1 carriages were only too pleased to stop for a few minutes to tell us what they were doing. They have just finished restoring a 1930's Teak pigeon bogie vehicle, which looked magnificent. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
81F the Societies journal for 2018 is now available in full colour. 92 pages including Banbury 1967, Rescued from Barry, Rail travels through Vietnam and Cambodia, Austrian narrow Gauge, The Weymouth Wanderer, a trip with the GWS Vintage Carriages, Hagermans Pass, On Maps and Moors (North Yorkshire) and many more.
It costs £3 plus £1 post and packing if required. Contact the secretary if you would like a copy.
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There were several locomotives in steam, including Kings and Castles and
not only could you watch the trains but you could enjoy a ride on a double-headed
passenger train by sitting on top of one of 4 carriages. This gave a 5-10
minute trip looping round the garden on embankments, bridges and through
cuttings and tunnels. 
The
Leighton Buzzard 2 foot gauge railway was built in 1919 to transport sand
from the local quarries, and continued in operation for that purpose up
to the mid-1960s. The line travels north for almost 3 miles to ‘Stonehenge
Works’, close to the now-disused quarries. There were seven locomotives
in steam for the day, and the train we boarded was hauled by loco No.11
“P.C.Allen”, built by Orenstein & Koppel in 1913. We set
off, passing some very active Croquet Greens on the left, then on through
modern housing built since the ‘70s, before halting at Leedon Loop
to wait for the southbound service to pass, which in this case was two
log bogies hauled by a 0-4-0T built by W. G. Bagnall named “Woto”.
There are a couple of unguarded road crossings on the way where the guard
and fireman have to de-train to stop the traffic whilst the train passes
over the road and then re-board to continue. The last stretch of the route
is in open country to Stonehenge Works, the whole journey taking approximately
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