The Rail Enthusiast thread

[Rickshaw Phil]

Oh yeah, forgot, the 'Tern' from Bowness to Lakeside and then the 'Swan' back to Bowness. Due to the nature of things, I didn't get any decent pictures of them, particularly as we were just arriving when Tern did at Bowness and then my phone ran out of juice on the train before I even got on the Swan.

I did have a pint of the 'Swan' beer though!

I've worked on both but Swan was my ship when I worked up there. I was principle barman for the 2023 season.

Pouring pints of Swan Blonde was something of an art as it didn't like the conditions in the "cellar".

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Some from a visit to the Severn Valley Railway yesterday.

 

[Hover Fly]

I've worked on both but Swan was my ship when I worked up there. I was principle barman for the 2023 season.

Pouring pints of Swan Blonde was something of an art as it didn't like the conditions in the "cellar".

I also worked on Swan, back in the 90s: father worked on building her and Teal at Vickers in the 30s, then caught up with them again in the 60s and 70s, as deckie, them helmsman and finally spare skipper.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Newly doubled section of the Stuttgart-Switzerland line: there are long loops now on several sections between Horb and the border; it was double track until 1945 when France removed one line as war reparations.