Peter Gray

Momentous day for future of rail

Saturday, March 13, 2010

FOLLOWING our rather damp visit to Eastleigh on March 9, 1963, the following Saturday was spent showing a friend the delights of the Exe Valley, Tiverton Junction and Hemyock lines.

The snow had all gone by then, but the countryside had yet to recover from the...

Rainy day trip to Swindon of south

Saturday, March 06, 2010

AFTER all the frost and snow of January and February 1963, by March 9 it was very wet. It would be, because the outdoor events officer of the West of...

Trains dug free and diverted as snow hits again

Friday, February 26, 2010

FOLLOWING my trip along the Exe Valley line on Saturday, February 2, 1963, the snow returned again during the next week, again stranding trains and...

Exe valley journey through sunlit snow

Saturday, February 20, 2010

FEBRUARY 1963 began with a further fall of fresh snow to augment the January snowfall, much of which was still on the ground. So, with the aim of...

Engines on a sunny day down at the dockyard

Saturday, February 13, 2010

THE second half of January 1963 remained very cold, but with no further heavy falls of snow to impede railway operations. On Saturday, January 26, I...

Army even tried explosives to shift the snow

Friday, February 05, 2010

CONTINUING the saga of the early weeks of 1963, which while they were even colder than those we have experienced recently, also brought far more snow,...

Snow was still causing chaos for trains from Plymouth

Saturday, January 23, 2010

FOLLOWING the trauma of Saturday, December 29, 1962, when I didn't get home until 1.55am Sunday morning, it just so happened I was due to attend a...

Snowed in at Newton Abbot station

Saturday, January 16, 2010

IN last week's Rail Trail, I mentioned at the end of the day which prematurely closed the Plymouth to Launceston branch (December 29, 1962), I didn't...

This winter has echoes of 1962/63

Saturday, January 09, 2010

OUR current 'cold snap' is already being compared to similar periods in earlier years. According to one commentator, we have to look back to 1981 for...

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Saturday, January 02, 2010

IN the past this column has not been noted for marking the passage of time with anniversaries, but in 2010 we shall be celebrating the 175th since the...

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