Enter the miniature world of the scaled-down trains through this filmic tour of the UK's ... more
leading model railway clubs. The tiny trains and tracks range from Victorian reconstructions through to contemporary imitations of modern passenger and goods vehic...
Advantages: Fantastic look back at Fred Dibnah's life Disadvantages: None
Fred Dibnah. Man of steam. Getting steamed Up is a very popular Fred Dibnah DVD. I heard someone say: "When they made Fred Dinah, they broke the mould." That's a nice thing to say, a good compliment, really, but it is not quite true. For Fred's sons are equally as passionate able steam preservation as their late father. But that's slightly off the point, here, so on with the review.
This DVD shows many aspects of Fred's life. His fascination with chimneys, his love of steam and also his love of historical building and a stirring belief that we must preserve our industrial heritage for our own and future generations.
Watching Fred swap tales of steam engines and of steeplejacking and jokes with his equally steam mad friends whilst supping ale at what the DVD bills as "the world's largest steam rally" at The Dorset Steam Fair is ...
Advantages: The interview Disadvantages: Not as good as it should be
to stop running and just comes to an unceremonious halt. You are shown steam trains (where are they? What are they?) but you are given no details about their location, what they are used for, etc., which was, I thought, very disappointing.
Various steam locomotives in stages of dishabille, obviously ready for maintenance work, were seen waiting. But where? It is clearly a preserved line, but if we were told, it was when the commentary was beaten by a combination of various noises off. The titles revealed that it was a preserved line in Gloucestershire. Interestingly, we are also shown a collection if preserved diesel locomotives.
The next scene was recorded at the Chasewater Railway in Staffordshire. This was interesting, as it gave a rare opportunity to look at a wide-ranging collection of industrial locomotives and goods trucks ...
Advantages: A true story of one man's courage Disadvantages: Very distressing at times
As many of you will already know, I am an avid reader of anything and everything. I've always had a love of books and will read any book placed in front of me. Some subjects will just captivate my interest and, when my dad lent this book to me, I did not think that a book about railways would be interesting. How wrong I was!
The RRP on this is £7.99, although if you shop around, it can be found online for a lot less (try Amazon marketplace for a price of about £3). I always shop around for my books, as I am a bit of a tightwad haha! But seriously I will happily pay for a second hand copy of a book, as sometimes it is just too expensive to buy it new.
Anyway, I digress and should really get back to the review of this book.
Eric Lomax (the author) lived for most of his life in Edinburgh prior to the outbreak of WW2. While ...
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