On the face of it, a small heritage station and 3 miles of track suggests there will be little to see. On the contrary, there is plenty there to satisfy the enthusiast.
I knew that David Shepherd, the wildlife and railway artist was associated with this line because two locomotives he owned ran on it but, I did not know he had founded this heritage railway having acquired and initiated development of the site.
I met David, who graciously gave me his autograph, at a model railway exhibition in Farnborough many years ago where he was showing some of his locomotive paintings.What came as a great surprise to me upon visiting this railway was that he was also a railway modeller and had created a 3mm scale layout, part of which is now displayed at the station.
Our ride was on the lines Class108 DMU |
Ivatt Class 2 46447 |
A small selection of their extensive stock |
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