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There has been much correspondence of late, in the Railway Magazine, on the subject of whether railway-related hobbies or pursuits have a future.

Last month, my 10 yr old grand-daughter told me she had a school project on an "eminent Victorian", of her own choosing. Had I been a betting man, I'd have put my pension on Florence Nightingale --- but, no. Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Gently probing questions revealed that she knew quite a bit about IKB but I was still very pleasantly surprised to hear how much was on the specifics of the GWR --- the Broad Gauge, the battle of the gauges, the bridge over the Tamar at Saltash.

On top of that, my son, after a lifetime of mocking my interest in railways, has suddenly started spending lots of dosh on model railways for my two grandsons.

There is a future!

Stanierfreak.

Hello and welcome to the forum, enjoy and all the best.

Hello Stanierfreak welcome.to the forum,
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was certainly a great engineer,
and of course an eminent Victorian.

Hello and welcome to the forum Stanierfreak.

welcome to the forum stanierfreak i look forward to your posts

Hello Stanierfreak and welcome to the Railway Forum. I'm happy to say that I live in a city that has IKB all around. GWR, Clifton Suspension Bridge,Temple Meads Station, the floating harbour and not forgetting SS Great Britain.

Hi Stanierfreak, welcome and enjoy the railway forum.
Regards

Hello Stanierfreak & welcome to the forum. Good to see that IKB and his achievements are still well known!

Regards, Tony

Welcome to the Forum Stanierfreak. Liked you first post! Look forward to your further contributions.

Best wishes,

John H-T.

The man himself. Enjoy the site.