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My friend Lee in
Lincolnshire, has built a Garden Railway. For more
information go to Lee's Garden Railway on the
Railways Index Page.
I have a program called 'TRAINZ' loaded in my computer and build huge
model railway layouts. A great train simulator.
My friends in Scotland are very interested in 'TRAINZ'
too, but also another simulator called 'BVE'.
Have a look at
their web site by clicking on this link.....
http://www.2ofme.co.uk/html/trainsims.html
Since Video Corresponding with my friend Clyde in Florida, I have
become interested in overseas railways, especially East China Steam ..... Fascinating
stuff!!!
I have now become
interested in photographing Modern Image. With my pals Dave and
Ernie as well as my sons and grandsons we visit various railways
like The East Coast Main Line, The Northampton Loop and various
places on the Midland line. We take photographs and shoot video
film. Many other people also do this and by chatting with them one
learns a great deal about the timings of trains and the changes that
are taking place on the national network.
30TH December 2008
Another wonderful year
is coming to a close. A great deal of train pictures have been taken
with my little Nikon Coolpix 2100. Also lots and lots of video. I am
very fortunate to have my eldest son as well as my pal Ernie on most
of my trips. If I go off on my own there are usually other
enthusiasts to chat to and I have made many new contacts this way.
Most of them use ' fotopics' to display their pictures. If you go to
my LINKS page you will find some of the sites. Sadly I lost
one of my pals this year. Dave Clark died quite suddenly. I often
think of him when I'm out and about taking pictures. My friend Les
Thomson in New Zealand also died. I sent Les and his friends many
train DVD's and always received nice comments. There are very few
railway tracks left in New Zealand. Another Pal with whom I used to
' tapespond ' was Roy Cooper, he lived just round the corner from
Les. Roy is over eighty years old and has now moved in to
residential care with his wife Margaret. I have been corresponding
with them for over fourty years. They too loved trains.
I feel I must make a
comment here about litter. I know it's only a minority of
enthusiasts who do not take their litter home with them. I find it
very sad to see litter left on station platforms and over bridges.
The worst place for this is Water Orton. Here people have stuffed
disposable cups down the platform drains, between post and signs and
in carrier bags tied to fencing. Totally out of order in my opinion.
The people who do this will be the first to complain if the
authorities ban enthusiasts from stations.
Whilst on this subject
you may like to click on the links below and download the rules and
regulations regarding access to stations
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/passenger_services/guidelines_for_rail_enthusiasts.html
http://webferret.search.com/click?wf6,guidelines+for+railway+enthusiasts,,londonmidland.com%2Findex.php%2Fcms%2Fpages%2Fview%2F137,,alltheweb,1
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