Trains

In my younger days I loved them. As a teenager I used to visit my grandfather on the train. It involved changing twice. At one station interchange I used to see large diesels with names. I remember doing the last part of the journey on the new Intercity 125 s with electric doors internally. They seemed very modern compared to the trains at my home station. 

I also remember seeing the last steam train in a local line, but I understand now after many years of work from volunteers they are back on the original route.

I often used to go on day trips on the train with my Mum in the holidays. I loved seeing the countryside we passed by, especially on the line with a railcar as it passed through villages. There was a grass bank not far from our home station where we would always see rabbits if it was close to dusk.

We used to get copy each year from our local station of the full timetables for the year. We could then plan our own journeys. With it came a map of the rail network which I fixed to my bedroom door. Every time I went on a new line I coloured over the line. I even remember planning a day trip my family did to a city a distance away and planning a different route back from the way we went. That would be difficult now with the online searches. I also remember once going on holiday by train and it was diverted, for many this would have been an inconvenience, but for me it meant more tracks to cover.

Today I rarely travel by train and now where I live there are not many interesting options.

In my younger days I loved them. As a teenager I used to visit my grandfather on the train. It involved changing twice. At one station interchange I used to see large diesels with names. I remember doing the last part of the journey on the new Intercity 125 s with electric doors internally. They seemed very modern compared to the trains at my home station. 

I also remember seeing the last steam train in a local line, but I understand now after many years of work from volunteers they are back on the original route.

I often used to go on day trips on the train with my Mum in the holidays. I loved seeing the countryside we passed by, especially on the line with a railcar as it passed through villages. There was a grass bank not far from our home station where we would always see rabbits if it was close to dusk.

We used to get copy each year from our local station of the full timetables for the year. We could then plan our own journeys. With it came a map of the rail network which I fixed to my bedroom door. Every time I went on a new line I coloured over the line. I even remember planning a day trip my family did to a city a distance away and planning a different route back from the way we went. That would be difficult now with the online searches. I also remember once going on holiday by train and it was diverted, for many this would have been an inconvenience, but for me it meant more tracks to cover.

Today I rarely travel by train and now where I live there are not many interesting options.