Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Year 2024
Date 06-Sep
Volume 233
Issue 4,751
Page 369
Category Railway
Part
Title Parklands Railway Hemsby - End of the Line - All good things must come to an end
Author Brian Baker
Notes Marks the end of an era for a railway on the Norfolk coast. Hemsby station (photograph found by John Ward, D.Smith with Holmside Bess, Eric Upchurch's Pet class Crewe works shunting locomotive, David Mawdsley drives a Deans (Dean?) 0-6-0 Goods 2562, Mick Jones with his GWR 0-6-0 Collett Goods, his Schools class Loco No. 901 Winchester, Parklands circuit, Lister D engine restored by Karl Oliver, 'group photo', Holmside owned by George Witheridge, John Dalton with his Britannia 70025 Western Star. Charlie Riches (Norwich) driving Pete King's (standing on the left) 0-6-0 Romulus Sophie B, so, they think it's all over? Rick Upchurch drives his Pearl, John Painter driving his own GWR 42XX class 2-8-2 class 4203, John Painter with a crane, Bruce Harvey ran his BR Standard class 4 80008, Andy Potter brought a 6" scale 'Little Samson' showmans engine, Lisa Chiver & Sue Parham drive Class 08 833 'Liverpool Street Pilot', Daniel Mason brought hie LNER Mogul (Nottingham), Tim Coles (Cambridge) with his LMSS 'Jinty' 47406, Pete King waits with Sophie B, Brian Aldridge with County of Norfolk, Jack Potter on his M.J.Engineering Bagnall, it is now! Malcolm Wade with his scamp, Luc Tennstedt, John Hancock, Ben Fraser, Laurel Green station, Ron Manning, Don Witheridge, 0-4-0 Romulus James, B1 Bushbuck, Brian Reading, friendship, relaxation, contentment