![]() ![]() It's not as easy as you might think to do this. Probably the best known (to me anyway) example is Shifting Sands by Colin Peake. Holiday camp railways and miniature lines in particular are an under modelled subject. Eventually they ended up at the Midland Railway Centre alongside the real Princess Elizabeth. Whatever the reason, the little engines were well worked but eventually sold out of use 40 years ago. Without motorways, the journey by road wouldn't be as swift (everyone who's ever sat on the M6 or M25 is now laughing) as it is today. Very few people had cars and those that did would spend much time tinkering an fixing them en-route. At this time when you wanted to travel a long distance you had little choice but to use the train. The public wouldn't have been that bothered anyway - if they wished to ride behind the chuffer then the real railways were full of the things.Īctually, it makes me wonder a little why people enjoyed the miniature train ride. Volunteers might enjoy getting up at the crack of dawn, covering themselves in dirt and working a long hard day but in real life you just want to come in, start the thing up and get on with the job. I suspect this would have been cheaper to purchase and certainly more suitable for operation by paid staff. Rather than expensive to operate steam, they are powered by diesel hydraulic engines. Ltd in 1938 were used to transport and entertain inmates in the holidays camps. Two engines, built by Hudswell Clarke & Co. Not the big ones that everyone knows about, but 21 inch gauge models of Princess class locos that ran around various of Billy's camps. A surprise find at Midland Railex a few days ago were some ex-Butlins railway engines. ![]()
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