Hi..

Just had a long weekend in Halifax. Among other things I paid a visit to the Kirklees Light Railway at Clayton West. It must be about 15 years since I was last there. Not a lot seems to have altered except I'm not sure if number 7 was around then. In some ways it's a one off style of line for a 15 inch gauge line. No "Express " locomotives as on the RHDR or the R and E. Am attaching some images. Badger, the little green loco hauled our train. Yours truly is seen in front of Owl. I guess it's pretty obvious it's not in steam. Also in the shot is Fox the red loco. I got permission to enter the shed to photograph Hawk which was being prepared as Thomas for the coming weekend. The two articulated locos are of particular interest to me as they are reminiscent of models I built for the AVR and Semerdale. One part of the journey that is a little bit surreal, for me anyway, is travelling through a standard gauge tunnel on a 15 inch gauge line. If you are ever in the West Riding the KLR is certainly worth a visit. It makes a change to the standard gauge Heritage lines.

Next time I will have to get back to modelling items.

Regards. Derek