Neil Hopcroft

There are two railways at Audley End, a small one and this miniature one.

There were a number of traction engines of various sizes.

There were a number of engines running on the two railways, here are Barbara Curwin and Lord Braybrooke, while the unit that pulled our train was Doris the diesel engine.

Admittedly I have no immediate plans to release an album, but if I did, this would be in the artwork somewhere.

All around the short loop of track there are teddy bears hiding in the woods or waiting at the station.

There was a small selection of stationary engines. Taken out of their original context and put onto wheels, some of these machine gain a bizarre twitchiness when working.

We went for a steam day at the Audley End Miniature Railway

They have some trains running on the short line at Colne Valley Railway, we went on both of these and Nils loved it when he got to sit in the cab with the driver of the Diesel Multiple Unit.

We went to the Colne Valley Railway, where they make the most of a small section of track and single station.