I like trains

I grew up on a railway station. My Dadcu (grandfather) was the station master. In the school holidays he took me to work with him. Get me out the house! I played on the platform and sometimes disappeared in the cab of those diesel engines. I think 66000.Anyway they were red and English, Welsh and Scottish. EWS.

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pknein · 46-50, M Best Comment

My dad drove locomotives... some happy memories sitting in the cab as a kid as he drove...

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LilirWyddfa · F

@pknein it's sort of different aint it seeing the track and all the warning signs.

pknein · 46-50, M

@LilirWyddfa well i love trains.. id travel a lot more by them if the US had a better rail system. I have been up and down the east coast though

LilirWyddfa · F

@pknein I went to Mamgu and she lives in Redhill. I had the ticket on the train and changed in Cardiff. The trains from Cardiff are elerctric now. But from Reading to Redhill it's diesel.

badminton · 61-69, MVIP

That sounds great. I would have loved having a grandad who was a station master as kid. Actually, I'd enjoy it now.

LilirWyddfa · F

@badminton My Dadcu was great. He retired but when I go on the train, the conductors still ask how he is.

mysteryespresso

You still travel by trains?

LilirWyddfa · F

@mysteryespresso Yes. Except I haven't been since February to see my Mamgu.

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