[modeleng] Re: SVR

Nice one AJ!


> Yesterday I spent a most enjoyable day on the Severn Valley Railway.
>
> The occasion was mainly due to the visit here of a US model engineers,
Bill
> Shields, who many of you will know.
> He asked me for some suggestions of places to visit, and very kindly,  Ian
> Bramble and Dave Beaman arranged a tour of the SVR loco shops etc.
>
> The day started for me with a 4 hour drive in torrential rain, which didnt
> bode well for the remainder of the day.
> We, Bill and I, met at 10 o'clock, and soon after that met Ian and Dave.
> I must say that they had organised a superb tour round, and everyone was
> most friendly and helpful.
>
> We started in the loco shops, machine shop, boiler shop, pattern making:
in
> fact, all the most interesting areas.
> The machine shop has some superb machinery, and tools. In fact, I was
quite
> envious, and could thoroughly enjoy "playing" there!
>
> By the time we emerged into fresh air, the rain had fortunately stopped.
> There then followed a trip along the line, with Bill on the footplate of a
> Manor.
> From his smile at the other end, he certainly enjoyed it.
> I rode footplate on the return trip, and then it was time to go.
> (A 4 hour return drive, and, yes, it rained most of the way.)
>
> It was nice to meet Ian and Dave, and I would like to thank them publicly
> for the effort they put in arranging everything.
>
> Lots of photos were taken, and I will put the more interesting ones on my
> website shortly.
>
> Alan
> http://www.alanstepney.info
> Alan Stepney's Model Engineering, steam, and workshop pages.
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