Here's something you don't see everyday (Steam Railway Fans)

@sunsporter1649 Those were the days. 😀

@FreddieUK

@sunsporter1649 The steam train I showed is a regular service as part of what you would call transit. Obviously mainly tourists these days, but it runs every 30mins in summer and hourly in winter along with a bus on alternating journeys.

@FreddieUK Sure, if you’re a fan of air pollution and slower travel.

@RedBaron Slower travel for leisure is the best way. The air pollution from heritage steam in minimal. Agreed 'back in the day' it was appalling.

@FreddieUK Ironically far more nowadays from tourist travel than from tourist attractions!

It must have been grim living close to steam sheds back in the past, partly because when raising steam in a locomotive there is insufficient natural draught for the coal to burn cleanly. Though in the same era, thousands of homes were burning lower-quality coal daily, in far less efficient ways.