[johnH]

I was wandering about the site trying to find out how to say Hello. Decided to join Deltic. That's an eye-catching name! I have been a railfan for over 60 years, cannot get it out of the system. I am still volunteering on the Welsh Highland Railway (the longer railway of that name - I shall say no more about the two Welsh Highlands) but am not just a narrow-gauge enthusiast. I enjoy everything from narrow to broad (I have ridden on the West Coast Railway in Victoria, Australia, and have visited Russia many times). I went right off the UK standard-gauge scene when passenger trains became multiple-units but I am gradually getting more interested again. Present obsession is US railways. A friend and I have been on railfan trips to Illinois, Pennsylvania, California and Arizona. We are off to see the Colorado three-foot lines in September. Would like hints as to where to go to see decent numbers of loco-hauled freight trains, not too far from Birmingham (no, not Alabama, West Midlands). Cheers, JohnH