First Steam Train on Mountsorrel Railway 17/11/2011

[MountsorrelRailway]

Hi foxesontherox. Does your dad have any sepcific memories of the bracnh line from Mountsorrel to Swithland? There are very few photos of this stretch and we are reliant on what people remember to get the recreation right. We have just restored a farmer's level crossing and would love to know how close we are to the look of the original.

[j1946azz]

Yes health and safety was not big then i can remember getting in the wagons, all that is left is 'Elizabeth ' by some miracle, let's hope we can do it again...

[foxesontherox]

Additional quote from my Dad, "I actually rode on the footplate of an engine on this line in 1947 as an 8 year-old. Not this engine but a 0-4-0 saddle tank engine Lady Winfred (who was Lady Winifred?). I remember throwing logs on to the fire. ( that must have been before Health & Safety."

[foxesontherox]

Brilliant to know this is restored - my Grandpa drove this train in the 1940s

[scot4u]

sound like something needs oiling!!