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Tree Surgery
Tuesday morning at Windmill Sidings, and tree surgeon ‘oh my gawd’ Oliver is horrified that the tree has been allowed to grow up around the disused windmill. The mill was last used in 1846, should any...
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Old Sad Eyes
It’s a bright September morning at Hemyock, and Bruce and Barry look at ‘old sad eyes’ which has recently taken over from steam. This loco, a North British Type 2 Diesel Hydraulic does have a certain...
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Autumn Equinox
It’s the Autumn Equinox, and the beginning of the day when the night is as long as the day and the day is as long as the night. Former ballet dancers, now turned geezer railway blokes Bob & Vic are...
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Tax Haven
Saturday morning, and the first wagon of grain has arrived for Barry Bullhead’s now global moonshine production plant. With Somerset recently becoming an independent country with ultra low tax and zero...
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Roger Sprocket
Sunday morning on Combwich shed, and Roger Sprocket has been out polishing number 5 with his snotty and now greasy rag overnight. Roger is a very particular man and can think of nothing better than...
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Geek Gossip
On Tuesday a shortage of locos for the Combwich service meant that Bath shed had to dispatch one of its ‘Black Five’ Stanier 4-6-0 engines for use on the branch. And here we have 45440 departing the...
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Ron the Wrench
Wednesday morning down on the docks, Deliberation Dave and Ron the Wrench are checking out the new prototype point switchblade latching mechanism. In years to come, well known model railway track...
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End of the Rainbow
Thursday morning at Combwich, and much like the weather today in Little Little Britain, it’s a mixed bag of sunshine and showers as the 11.35am service departs through a brief downpour heading for the...
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Airfix Engine Shed
The mixed weather in Little Little Britain continues, as the autumn firmly makes its mark. The last portion of the goods train which originated at Poole, passes Combwich shed, some of it being a...
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Speed Awareness Course
Local bounder and smooth talking ladies’ man Terry Tuttle-Thomas-Smythe and celebrated photographer ‘don’t you know dear boy’ Ivan Locksmith have been out speeding across the moors again. As is often...
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Rusty the Ruston Bucyrus
Monochrome Monday. Down on the wharf, ‘Rusty’ the Ruston Bucyrus crane can think of nothing better than playing tricks on the sleepy small engines by sneaking up behind them and lifting them in to the...
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On the Road Again
I’m on the road this Saturday 8 October 2022 with Fountain Colliery at the Cradley Heath expo. Come and say hello, but beware that I do bite. I’ll have an aerosol of Dettox to spray any smelly types....
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Dumb Buffers
Thursday morning at the colliery spied through a telephoto lens from down the side of The Miners Arms. Deliberation Dave and Henry hi-vis plan their morning ahead trying to work out what should go...
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Pukka
Monochrome Monday. over the weekend Highbridge shed did an excellent job of giving old 72 a full valet prior to a good buff with the trusty oily rag. Pukka.
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Parp!
Templecombe shed’s 44417 simmers between duties at Combwich. The loo to the left is in a particularly poor state today after last night’s pickled onion tasting competition at the nearby Royal Oak pub....
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Tornado
Front end Friday again - they come around quickly! New build 60163 powers out of a bank of digital fog (basically to hide that face that the photo plank is only 3ft long) with a trainload of squealing...
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190 Proof
Saturday morning down on the docks. A rare outing for the Templecombe crew as they arrive at the little used water tower, for little do they know that it’s used for storing moonshine. Those in ’the...
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New ‘Wheels’
Former diagonal geezer-bloke, boxer, thug, flash-Harry and Audi driver Gaylord Grip brings his latest rail mounted ‘wheels’ along the narrow gauge railway to The Star pub on the wharf. Twin half...
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Amazon Purchase
The clueless management at the colliery have been buying on Amazon again when they should have gone to a specialist retailer and received proper advice on narrow gauge engines. Meanwhile, discussion is...
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