There are quite a few preserved railways around Britain. In the 1960s a government report suggested shutting a lot of the smaller lines to make the system more cost effective. Then they began to scrap the steam trains.
Bunches of enthusiasts got together and tried to buy the odd engine, the odd mile or two of track before it was destroyed - and slowly they built up these little patches throughout the country.
The NYMR is probably one of the longest - it is an hour from Pickering to Grosmont - and one of the few that connects with the modern system.
I guess your father would have found it interesting - especially as the UK engines and the US locos were pretty different, I think.
We like Tex-Mex - although it is probably not totally authentic - but the chimichangas and the fajitas tasted good to us.
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Bunches of enthusiasts got together and tried to buy the odd engine, the odd mile or two of track before it was destroyed - and slowly they built up these little patches throughout the country.
The NYMR is probably one of the longest - it is an hour from Pickering to Grosmont - and one of the few that connects with the modern system.
I guess your father would have found it interesting - especially as the UK engines and the US locos were pretty different, I think.
We like Tex-Mex - although it is probably not totally authentic - but the chimichangas and the fajitas tasted good to us.