Monthly Archives: April 2021

If you built a model of this the chances are nobody would believe it. Three foot gauge Simplex on the Crowle Peatland Railway.

Oscar Wilde must have known a thing or two about railways. The Russian Railway Museum has painted one of the Tu4s in FCPyF Heritage Brown. Meanwhile the higher echelons of management in their comfortable Grande offices sent a telegram to … Continue reading →

A morning dealing with the “any other business” that life throws at us meant a late start on the railway today but Old No.1 and her designated train made it up the hill from Bodjio to Cumbre with no problems, … Continue reading →

There is a small town in Virginia called Little Plymouth, it has nothing to do with this post. There were two Plymouth DDT locomotives on the FCPyF, one of them does have something to do with this post. After I’d … Continue reading →

With the FCPyF’s Heritage Weekend over Llama and No.57 have been returned to north to their regular haunts on the Antequera branch. The photo above shows that they’re not just museum pieces though, with Llama pulling this morning’s train to … Continue reading →

I mentioned yesterday that Llama might look better if she sat lower on her chassis. She does, very much better, as seen in the photo above. Behind her is No.57, now carrying fleet numbers on her cab sides. The Safety … Continue reading →

No need to check your browser, you’ve not strayed into the world of glossy magazines! These “celebs” are the FCPyF’s heritage locomotives. Rebuilt tank engine No.57 spent much of the day stuck in the siding at Rio Paleta while timetabled … Continue reading →

One of the old hands, made redundant when the the mine at Rio Paleta was closed, appears to have started using the old entrance. When asked whether the mine still worked he replied “Yes, of course it does. The Policia … Continue reading →

The mine at Rio Paleta was little more than a scenic feature and rarely used during the operation of the layout, if the siding was shunted once a month it was a busy month, so it has been removed. The … Continue reading →

An appealing practice of some railway and bus companies has been the use of “heritage” liveries on older locomotives and vehicles. In some cases these liveries are those that were originally carried by the stock concerned but in others they … Continue reading →