To Marylebone and the museum

Saturday 21st June - the longest day, ideal for an early-out late-back trip on one of the country's newest rail services (albeit one with a bit of old-fashioned style and customer service) - and a revisit, after nearly 30 years, to London Transport's fine revamped museum at Covent Garden.

Visit (Wrexham &) Shropshire and Covent Garden, on Geoff's Rail Diaries, for a full account of an excellent trip

A day out in Birkenhead

Monday morning at work. "Did you have a good weekend?" "Yes, we had a day out in Birkenhead"...

Scoff not. The newly-constructed tramway from Woodside ferry terminal (I think we parked in what used to be Birkenhead Woodside station) to the tramway museum in Taylor Street is well worth a visit - especially when a fine vintage tram like Birkenhead No. 20, over 100 years old, is running. Riding the open top deck on a warm June afternoon, what more could one want? Well for afters, a cruise down the Mersey...

Visit "Birkenhead's trams" on "Geoff's Rail Diaries"

Highley's new Engine House

Just published to "Geoff's Rail Diaries", a brief account of a visit to the tremendous new facility at Highley on the Severn Valley Railway. Visit "The Engine House" for pictures and more...