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Nasal Nigel to the Rescue
Sunday morning at the newly formed Brew Street Railway Heritage Trust. Everyone looks on in awe at the shiny new engine. However there has been an invasion of mice overnight - Nasal Nigel, Colin, and...
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Emmet Engineering Ltd.
Meanwhile at a little known location on the Isle or Purbeck, Monday morning sees the inaugural run of the new passenger rail car. It started life as a posh garden art studio, but an Emmet style blend...
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Phallic Contraption
Tuesday morning, Shunter Terry notes that someone has stolen the screw coupling and replaced it with a phallic looking contraption. Control haven’t told him that his position will soon be redundant...
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Polished Brass
Wibble Wednesday at Combwich. In 1957 after much wibble and speculation, 1904 record breaker & celebrity loco ‘City of Truro’ is returned to regular service. The hot steamy delight is always a...
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Herbert the Horse
At the end of WW3, the inch high people of Little England celebrate the reopening of the colliery, for coal is again king. A special train arrives with shiny blue-suited not so special guests who’ve...
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The Pedant & Armchair
The Frome to Evercreech goods rumbles past Polbrook Gurney Colliery. The Pedant & Armchair gets its milk delivery for the Horlicks drinkers. It’s a funny kind of pub, and very popular with elderly...
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Where is Philbert?
A magnificent red sky greets the early shift at the colliery. But alas nothing can happen for a while. Down the pub the night before, Pete thought he’d successfully bribed young Philbert to light up...
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Sunday Lunchtime Outside The Miners Arms
Sunday lunchtime outside The Miners Arms. The posh girls Liz & Margo meet up for a spin in Beryl’s new toy, it might be a tight squeeze. Liz, Margo and Beryl met at finishing school in Switzerland...
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Monochrome Monday
A moody Monday at Cement Quay, a Class 4 Stanier tank shunts the siding. These locos tended to be used on passenger services, but were equally good on freight.
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Forgotten Veteran
For a brief spell in 1963 after leaving Southampton Docks, Vulcan Iron Works ‘USA’ tank was used on the wharf sidings at Combwich before heading to Guildford shed & Eastleigh Works the following...
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Parp
Wednesday morning on Combwich shed. Loco crew, Mike & Jim are standing over by the signal box as their engine boils up ready for use. Something awful appears to be happening in the loo. The...
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Shiny Beast
Thursday at Moorewood Colliery. Management, after many years have decided to operate a works train at the tiny colliery. It’s not really needed, for everyone lives within walking distance of the...
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A Load of Old Guff
It’s July 2026 and Class 08 rumbles between the rear of former Pedant & Armchair pub and the long closed Polbrook Gurney Colliery with a train of limestone from the Mendip Hills. With the ongoing...
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Much Hype
Down on the docks. For years Pete, Dud and Neil have been asking for a passenger service on the light railway system. The day has finally arrived with the delivery of the much hyped train! No expense...
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Rail Replacement Bus Service
It’s rail replacement Sunday! A miserable experience only enjoyed by lonely bus spotters. They seek to enjoy as many miles as possible, often taking a 3 hour ride for a journey which would only to be...
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56 Years Ago
56 years ago today in 1966, the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Rly system closed forever. During the final year, there were many enthusiast specials. Here we are at Combwich in the summer of ‘65,...
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Aftermath
Following on from yesterday’s post about the closure of the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway network, the next job was to start dismantling the line. Class 22 diesel hydraulic locos were...
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Wednesday at Catcott
At Catcott, a sunny Wednesday sky greets the 2pm from Templecombe. Highbridge bound, unusually a Standard 4 tank and a couple of Bulleid coaches form the train. By 1964, this service usually consists...
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Putting on the Style
A hot summer Thursday in 1956 at Combwich, we see the most unusual combination of Bath Green Park shed’s 45440 and a Pullman train. Hit Parade celebrities Lonnie Dooligan & His Magic Banjo, and The...
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Oh Lucky Jim
#frontendfriday - average photographer Jim Flutewhistle-Bottomfart was a dab hand with a camera. This was his very last photograph, he wasn’t a fast mover, and sadly struggled to get out of the tunnel...
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