A train arrives, the wait is over...........
was he on it?, with baited breath we waited, like a scene from the Railway Children, for the picture to clear, is it Mike or Donald Sutherland?
The train departs and case in hand Mike has arrived.
Mike is introduced to I. Thrashem by his mate E.Burnem before stowing his big case in the station masters office and going on a trip on the line.
On the branch train, He is treated to a double departure and stereo full chat from the chimneys from the balcony of the first coach.
I.Thrashem doesn't disappoint and they are soon rattling along over the manhole bridge and down the bank.
The return trip was made on the footplate, Thrashem ain't bothered about who should or shouldn't be on the footplate, but stay on my side mike, don't want the stationmaster to see to much
Mike is taken aback as a large diesel drops into the station,
Before getting the nod from the guard to have a trip in the van and sample a bit of Maybach noise,
At the end of the day, Mike was shown to his hotel and got a lift in E.Burnems classic car, before being invited to the railway staffs Oktober Fest that evening....... could be a late one Mike