AA the Best of Britain's Steam Railways - Russell Rose

JACOBITE STEAM RAILWAY THE "HARRY POTTER" TRAIN

Advantages: a nice day out, nostalgia,
Disadvantages: too expensive, stops too long in Mallaig

and arrives at Mallaig at 12.25pm. It then leaves Mallaig at 14.10pm and arrives at Fort William at 16.00pm. The train runs from 29 May to October 13th - Monday to Friday and Sundays 28th May and July 23 to 27 August. The only difference with First Class appeared to be that they give you free tea and coffee and the carriage is smaller with no table. I would not recommend paying the extra to sit in First Class. ROUTE +++++++ The route is described as one of the great railway journeys of the world. It's an 84 mile round trip which takes you past some impressive scenery. It starts near the highest mountain in Britain - Ben Nevis, then on to Britain's most westerly mainland railway station - Arisaig. Then we go on to the deepest freshwater loch in Britain which is Loch Morar, and the shortest river in Britain which is River ...

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Very Best of British steam

Advantages: Fantasitc footage of the last days of steam
Disadvantages: None

This is another in the eminently professionally produced DVD programmes on steam train released through Green Umbrella. With the Very Best of British Steam of Yesteryear, you are given a real feast for the eyes and also, for the memory, of course. Well, for those of us old enough to remember when steam trains regularly plied their business up and down the main lines of the United Kingdom. The last regular steam runs in Britain came to a very sad halt in August 1968. That's slightly under a year before the first manned space flight to the moon, for those interested in transport trivia. Without an unsung bunch of dedicated enthusiasts and professional and semi-professional film makers in the previous two decades, these wonderful steam trains would not be available to the general public. They would only exist as the personal ...

Martinscholes 08.11.2005 · Read full review
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Sun, Sea and Steam trains!

Advantages: Great day out, full of nostalgia, and close to the sea-side...
Disadvantages: It was a four hour drive to Swanage from the midlands!

see and do, making it a great day out. The Railway is a great way of getting there, but there were car parking facilities available. Unfortunatly the best I could do for my bike was to tie it to a lamp post. 3. Swanage... The Railway terminates at Swanage after travelling through wonderful green countryside, and later going past peoples' back gardens which felt a bit obtrusive. Swanage is where I spent a week, and there was always something to do. We had some of the best weather in the country, and the beaches (though often packed with tourists) are clean, bright and sandy, and the sea is blue-green and clear. Considering the fact that my last trip to the sea-side was the oily beaches of Rhyl, this felt like paradise. It is certainly one of the best sea-side locations in Britain from what I can tell. The beach offers attractions such as ...

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