West Yorkshire, Near Bradford. 8 km scenic railway in the heart of the Pennine Moors . It passes by the small town of Haworth, which was once home to the Brontë sisters ( Wuthering Heights and other famous novels) . The line has a dozen steam locomotives. It was used for the film...
Leaving my suitcase on the platform I crossed the bridge and walked into the Signal Box to enquire what the situation was with trains, only to be advised that there was nothing running at all and that the accident involved one of the new diesel locomotives which had not previously been used...
The house was fairly near to the station – convenient for my father, Frederick, to catch the train into town (Istanbul) where he ran his business as a Commission Agent. When we moved to Yeşilköy, my father bought his first car – I think, a Buick. The photograph shows me with ...