Posted by Jock on March 21, 2010 at 02:08:11 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Virtual Tour of Ransome Locations - Google Street View posted by Peter Ceresole on March 18, 2010 at 15:33:49:
I take it you mean the Swanage Railway not the Talyllyn
I'm not old enough to have been one of the TR pioneers, though I was a member of the TRPS in the 1960s. I spent many happy hours playing in the nearby slate quarries inspired by the mining adventures of PP.
Is this one of 'your' trains? Because, yes, that would be really uncanny.
I arrived on the Swanage Railway scene in May 1972. The previous preservation effort had just folded. There were insuperable difficulties in dealing with the Ministry of Transport, British Railways, Dorset County Council, Swanage Urban District Council, Uncle Tom Cobley and all.
Suitably inspired by NB's defiance of the GA in PM and her diplomacy with the doctor, postman and Squashy Hat, I organised the local residents into an efficient lobbying force and led the campaign which managed to turn the tide. I was actually involved in the SR from 1972 to 1978. Since then I have had a paternal affection for 'my' railway ;-)