For the second of our October meets we returned to the Brockhampton & Umbridge Railway. This time the rain was heavy, and the hospitality shed warm and even more welcoming – but there were gaps in the showers when the sun shone, and the beautifully modelled buildings were reflected in the puddles and the wet pavements.
Despite the weather there was a nearly constant train service, but the photographers took shelter during the showers… The breaks were long enough to get some video footage too. Meanwhile with a fine lunch laid out, and an ample supply of tea, coffee and cakes in the hospitality shed, the weather’s interruptions provided a welcome excuse to take a break, get warmed by the wood burner and enjoy a good chinwag.
A Bachman Double Fairlie emerges from the engine shed at Brockhampton, ready for service (photo: Simon Wood)The Railway Hotel looks particularly inviting in this wet weather (photo: SW)A (still) unfinished and rather wet PS Models Hudson Hunslet at Brockhampton station (photo: RS)Roundhouse Little John with GRS skips (Photo: Peter Butler)The Bachman Double Fairlie passing the Brockhampton water tower (photo: RS)Vegetation creeps up the wall (photo: SW)The Little John hauls the empties past Brockhampton (photo: SW)Trains cross here (photo: SW)Moel Rhos No 3 with loaded skips (photo: RS)The empty skip train pauses on the viaduct (photo: SW)A naturally rusted IP Engineering diesel, on naturally mossy tracks (photo: PB)Moel Rhos No 3 with a plume of steam (photo: RS)The Angel of the West reflected in the puddles (photo: SW)The pavements glisten after the rain (photo: SW)During a rain shower we admired this (track-powered, so stationary) 7mm scale City of London (photo: PB)A 7mm Coronation Class in the 16mm Umbridge Station evokes the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (photo: PB)A Roundhouse Lilla gleaming in the sunshine (photo: PB)Running behind the chapel (photo: SW)Lilla passing the Railway Hotel (photo: SW)Next door to Crafty Things is still not let (photo: SW)Three colours brightly lit as the sun comes out on a dark day (photo: SW)Roundhouse Lilla with the B&URPS heritage train (photo: PB)The heritage train rescued by the Double Fairlie (photo: SW)Diesel hauled mixed train (photo: SW)Don’t worry, Benny’s not lost his bottle – it’s in his basket (photo: SW)
And finally, here’s around 5 minutes of video…
Some clips of the various trains running during the day (video: SW)
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