My first recollection of steam engines was in 1959 when my dad bought a caravan at Saltburn by the sea which was adjacent to the railway. The other boys on the caravan site lived by the railway at Stockton and already had an interest in steam engines. We used to sit for hours on the railway fence watching the freight trains going to Skinningrove and the local Saltburn to Darlo shuttle This was headed by L1's there was the King's Cross express and on bank holidays specials from further afield. This interest stayed with me untill the mid sixties when the men in grey suits arrived, though I still have the enjoyment of occasional trips to a restored railway, and my kids grew up to have memories of the Grosmont steam railway and trips to York. My son Andrew and I have a mooch from time to time and er,I think more trips to come. At present I am reading railways restored 2011. catch you soon must look out those old.. photo's and get them scanned in and on here soon ...
railway Bill
From the glory days of steam to exploring forgotten and restored lines around the UK
