The current topic ofdiscussion in the New models section has put me in a mood to think about my childhood. So what's your ealiest memory of trains.
Mine is of the 'The Launceston Railway' in cornwall when I was about 4, and having a look on the footplate of one of the quarry hunslets there. Can't remember the name, but it was the one with the cab and tender.
Childhood memories.
Childhood memories.
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Re: Childhood memories.
That one is CovertcoatMatt wrote:The current topic ofdiscussion in the New models section has put me in a mood to think about my childhood. So what's your ealiest memory of trains.
Mine is of the 'The Launceston Railway' in cornwall when I was about 4, and having a look on the footplate of one of the quarry hunslets there. Can't remember the name, but it was the one with the cab and tender.
The best one there!My earliest memory is of the Embsay Steam Railway with santa :S!
Hmmm, i'd say the same as William about the biology bit although I have many recollections of different visits to Ravenglass and the Ffestiniog, not forgetting steamtown Carnforth, which was open untill 1996. My first footplate ride was at the age of about 2 or 3 at Ravenglass, probebly on Northern Rock going by photo evidence
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"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
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"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
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My dad reckons my first locomotive ride was on the running board of Britomart.
I remember being offered a footplate ride on the 15in loco at Carnforth, and turned it down (think I was scared the seat was to cramped). My dad was in total dismay that I could turn down an oppurtunity to ride on such a loco, so he asked the driver if he could drive it, he doesn't usually want to drive locos to such an extent
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I remember being offered a footplate ride on the 15in loco at Carnforth, and turned it down (think I was scared the seat was to cramped). My dad was in total dismay that I could turn down an oppurtunity to ride on such a loco, so he asked the driver if he could drive it, he doesn't usually want to drive locos to such an extent
.According to my parents, the first steam railways that I went on were several narrow gauge lines in north wales when I was about 1. Looking at some old family pics, I went on the ffestiginog railway, and the Lamberias Lake Railway (sorry for spelling mistakes).
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Hmm, my early railway experiences have all melted together. A mix of Ravenglass and Eskdale, Ffestiniog and Steam Town. It is highly likely that the Ratty was my first introduction to railways though.
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Mine started with my grandad bringing out his TEa1 now mine and then taking me to The MHR thomas day!
My grandad was the only one who was really keen on steam but now he is at rest theres not really anyone! My other grandad is partial to some model making tho!
My grandad was the only one who was really keen on steam but now he is at rest theres not really anyone! My other grandad is partial to some model making tho!
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Cant remember my first one. But the fact that my dad had a garden railway probably set the whole thing off.
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