David Allen's Trains Posts
Oct. 28, 2018
Halloween train
One of the popular night time specials that the Llangollen Railway runs. Today the train was very popular and these are a few pictures taken at Carrog station…
Oct. 14, 2018
The end of a very wet weekend
On Friday and Saturday a storm hit the West of the UK, villages flooded, railway lines damaged and closed, and power lines damaged. On the Llangollen Railway we…
Oct. 07, 2018
Another Day at the office and Autumn colour.
Just a couple of pictures of the duty locomotive today. This elderly much restored GWR freight loco was getting through more coal than the crew expected. The…
Sept. 23, 2018
Another Office photo
Today there was trouble at t'office. The loco scheduled for the day had a broken spring on the tender. The replacement diesel could not create enough vacuum to…
Sept. 15, 2018
Duty loco
I was station master again today Saturday rather than my usual Sunday. The duty loco was an ex British Rail standard loco that is 65 years old. It was reclaimed…
Sept. 09, 2018
Scenes at the office today
In a quiet spell at Carrog Station today I had a chance to take these two photos. The spectacular tub of begonias was the main subject but the arrival of a…
June 10, 2018
Railway history
Both photos were taken at Carrog Station on the Llangollen Railway. Ancient and slightly less ancient. The coach that featured in the recent channel 4…
April 25, 2018
My Office
I volunteer at the Llangollen Railway, a heritage railway in North Wales. I am currently training to take on station master duties at this beautifully preserved…
Sept. 29, 2017
Branch line
This picture was made 5 years ago. This was a photo charter train for our camera club. A tank engine and a single autocoach on the Llangollen Railway. This…
July 21, 2017
Playing trains
Well tonight's thinking about taking a photo was disrupted. When I took the dog out we discovered to Beau's great excitement that a neighbour's Highland Cattle…
May 30, 2017
At Aviemore Station
This photo is from 2012. We had gone to Aviemore to travel on the Strathspey Railway. We had a lovely tea on the train down the Spey Valley and back to Aviemore…