[modeleng] Napier Weekend

Hello everyone

Two of us visited the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre at Quainton (near 
Aylesbury) today, to view the Napier weekend.   What a treat!   There were a 
number of vintage cars, including Napiers, and the superb Napier - Railton 
Special, in which John Cobb reached 143mph in 1933.   This was powered by a 
12 cylinder version of the Napier Lion aero engine.   To our deilght, this 
racing car was driven (relatively sedately) around a large parking area.

We travelled in a train powered by the mighty Deltic Napier diesel-electric 
engines.     We also greatly enjoyed travelling on a train with a 5" guage 
model engine around the half-mile circuit passing through the delightful 
woodlands of the Aylesbury Model Engineering Society.

There were many static displays of full-sized locomotives, including the 
carriages of a Royal train of 1901, and the splendid train used by Winston 
Churchill and General Eisenhower during WW2.    All of this spread over a 25 
acre site!

Altogether a happy day!

I have a few pics - if you are interested, contact me with your email 
address and I will send the to you.

Cheers!   Hubert


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