© Geoff’s Rail Diaries 2011
The weather’s not quite so good today... Most of the
group set off for a ride on the steam railway. I got off at
Port Soderick to walk back towards Keristal, to
photograph a couple of trains, before returning to the
railway to ride on to Castletown for lunch.
Having lunched, it was time for the double header
leaving for Port Erin behind No.1 and Caledonia. I had to
borrow a bootlace (!) to tie the video camera to railings,
in order to get video and slide...
Back to Santon, the weather now quite dull, for a
couple of snaps of the westbound train, before joining
the next Douglas-bound service - the returning double-
header.
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Wednesday evening is Groudle Glen evening - for a ride
on the rejuvenated 2 foot gauge line, advertised (in the
glen) as the only railway running uphill to the sea.
(Three) Four* locos were in steam here - Sea Lion,
Hunslet "Jonathan" and Kerr Stuart "Peter Pan". It was
bit too dark for slides - I concentrated on the video.
* The fourth loco being "Annie" - an 0-4-2T built by R Booth in 1997,
and resident at Groudle Glen. I've only just realised (1 March 2011,
after re-editing the video) that she was there and in steam - look
closely though, she's only visible for a moment...
VIDEO
VIDEO
Groudle Glen
A (short) walk down the glen to Lhen Coan
station, a ride along the line, some lineside
shots of Sea Lion, Jonathan and Peter Pan -
before the tram arrives to take us back to
Douglas
© Geoff’s Rail Diaries 2011
The weather’s not quite so good today... Most of the
group set off for a ride on the steam railway. I got off at
Port Soderick to walk back towards Keristal, to
photograph a couple of trains, before returning to the
railway to ride on to Castletown for lunch.
Having lunched, it was time for the double header
leaving for Port Erin behind No.1 and Caledonia. I had to
borrow a bootlace (!) to tie the video camera to railings,
in order to get video and slide...
Back to Santon, the weather now quite dull, for a
couple of snaps of the westbound train, before joining
the next Douglas-bound service - the returning double-
header.
------
Wednesday evening is Groudle Glen evening - for a ride
on the rejuvenated 2 foot gauge line, advertised (in the
glen) as the only railway running uphill to the sea.
(Three) Four* locos were in steam here - Sea Lion,
Hunslet "Jonathan" and Kerr Stuart "Peter Pan". It was
bit too dark for slides - I concentrated on the video.
* The fourth loco being "Annie" - an 0-4-2T built by R Booth in 1997,
and resident at Groudle Glen. I've only just realised (1 March 2011,
after re-editing the video) that she was there and in steam - look
closely though, she's only visible for a moment...
Groudle Glen
A (short) walk down the glen to Lhen Coan
station, a ride along the line, some lineside
shots of Sea Lion, Jonathan and Peter Pan -
before the tram arrives to take us back to
Douglas
