What's Your First Heritage Railway

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  1. TrainBunmy1310

    TrainBunmy1310 Member

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    What's Your First Heritage Railway You Been To And What Did You Go On Mine Was Nene Valley Railway Which I Saw Their Class 45 Service And Thomas But That Was A Look But My First Trip Was Same Place Where I Went On A Trip With A1 Tornado
     
  2. jack#9468

    jack#9468 Well-Known Member

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    Went to the North Yorkshire Moors at Goathland about three (two?) years ago.

    Didn't travel on anything though as we were only passing through.

    Got to do a little trainspotting at least.
     
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    aeronautic237 Well-Known Member

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    Lakeside and Haverthwaite.

    At least, I think that's a heritage railway...

    Only one I've been to.
     
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    Nick Y Well-Known Member

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    The first heritage railway I visited was Keighley & Worth Valley Railway back when I was about 10 or 11.
    I've visited NYMR several times in the last 10 years.
     
  5. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    Trying to remember… It was either the NYMR or the Ffestiniog Railway. Probably the former. In all honesty I’ve never been a huge fan of the heritage railway scene, trundling along at 24.9 MPH is nice but doesn’t really capture the genuine experience particularly with large steam locos or main line diesels. I love the WSR in TSW but rarely drive it for exactly those reasons.
     

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