Adventures in Preservation Land

We caught this on the return trip at Kidderminster - blimey it was moving fast!  My little girl was particularly impressed as with my narrow gauge predilection she  had never seen one go faster than walking pace!

I just saw it at Didcot - having excused myself briefly from the exhibition that was going on, I managed to get lost on the way to the bridge but fortunately it had to stop at a signal just beyond the bridge so I was at least able to see it restart.

Good to see main line steam without a diesel pushing it, as for most of the summer. In the first photo, is that the curving bay platform where the Tetbury branch train left? As in the Heljan AC railbus out soon?

In the first photo, is that the curving bay platform where the Tetbury branch train left? As in the Heljan AC railbus out soon?

 

That's the bay for the Cirencester branch. It's still pretty much intact because Network Rail use it to store the Tamper occasionally.

 

The Tetbury bay is on the other side of the mainline. Though there's not much left of it.