[John H-T]

I beleive that it has been confirmed that the Folkestone Branch will close permanently after Kingfisher's Railtour next Saturday.

I was fortunate enough to be on the penultimate trip yesterday, although we nearly didn't make it due to a fire in signalling equipment near Barnes which held us up for 2 hours!

It was very sad to see the state of the Harbour Station. The Venise Simplon Orient Express Office was a poignant reminder of the glory days: hundreds of thousands of arrivals and departures! See Thumbnail. It would be a nice idea for the window to be removed to say the NRM before they are distroyed.

I will post one or two photos of Tangmere's accent of the 1in30 incline.