Yesterday they were running an English Electric event with, you've guessed it, electric trains.
It's also got shiny steam trains, shiny diesel trains and shiny electric trains. Nostalgia is in the air sending you back to the day when heavy engineering was about making things that worked and looked good, or to put it another way, making things that combined form and function to make a perfect whole.
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If you do go, make time to go on the Golden Valley Light Railway, and visit the workshop to see the brilliant restoration work.
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Also find time to go on the Butterley Park Miniature Railway, hold on for a fun ride.
The Midland railway Centre is full of enthusiastic, friendly people, willing to help you have a fun day out. Now some of you will go trains, how dull. It's not like that. Honest. You may even get the chance to drive a train, be it electric, diesel or steam.
And here's a signal box.
5 comments:
Did you drive a train yourself? It does look like a nice place to visit.
No we didn't but I did ask Lisa if she'd like to.
I may well do it on our next visit.
That is all fairy muff.
Dear Neil, English Electric is the name of a company that made diesel locomotives and electric locomotives. The mose famous diesel one was the Deltic with its famous growl! They made the first mainline diesel locomotives for the LMS at Derby works. They enetered service in 1948 and ran into StPancras and Euston.
Cheers Nick (sorry it was the trainspotter coming out in me)
Nice blog!
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