Hello to all and anybody

[oakfieldfirecracker]

Hello, railway world, I'm new to cyberspace having being born when steam days were very active but already numbered and Kings still reigned from Wolverhampton Low Level to Paddington. I'm not too sure where to go from here so does anybody want to open the regulator?

[craw]

Hello
Welcome aboard the forum.

John

[John H-T]

Welcome to the Forum Oakfieldfirecracker. Look forward to your posts.

Best wishes,

John H-T.

[DSY011]

Hello Oakfieldfirecracker and welcome to the Railway Forum. I'm sure you will get the hang of it before long. I'll be looking forward to your posts. Were you a railway man or just keen on railways?

[G6 UXU]

Hello and welcome to the forum, have a good look round, enjoy and all the best.

[Silver Fox Phil]

I too am new to this game but slowly getting the hang of it. Everyone seems very helpful and there is a lot of good stuff on this site so have a good look around; play awhile and enjoy our company
Silver Fox Phil.

[locojoe]

Welcome to the Forum Oakfieldfirecracker.

[redudley]

Originally Posted by oakfieldfirecracker

Hello, railway world, I'm new to cyberspace having being born when steam days were very active but already numbered and Kings still reigned from Wolverhampton Low Level to Paddington. I'm not too sure where to go from here so does anybody want to open the regulator?

Welcome to the forum Oakfieldfirecracker. I know were your coming from I started work at Wolverhampton low level in 1960. happy days.

[48111]

Good morning, Welcome to the Forum.
A first class site with first class people

Enjoy.

48111

[oakfieldfirecracker]

Thanks to those of you who have welcomed me, I am not a railwayman, but am of an age when one thinks that I probably missed out on something of the steam era, I am sure most of it is a romantic nostalgia that has been written about over the years, yet in reality the steam age was probably alot more dangerous dirty and dammed hard work than people care to remember.
I was but 10 years old when the end of steam came on the big railway. Although I do have a few genuine memories of the Dudley dasher passing through Swan village. I also remember various locos at Snow Hill/Tyseley. We hardly ever used the train as I was growing up. But I developed a general interest in all forms of transport Bus/Coach Train Planes Boats etc. Its only since hitting middle age that my interest in trains really accelerated, which I suppose co- insides with the preservation movement and my ability to visit as many sites as possible. I have been very sceptical of the current way the big railway has been set up but recently went on a jolly around the West Midlands trying my hardest to avoid coming back to New Street too many times to change trains but travel on as many lines as possible, Coleshill-New St-Stafford-Rugeley TV-Walsall-Aston-University-Droitwich-Moor St.-Stratford-Leamington-Coventry-Nuneaton-Tamworth-New St.-Lichfield TV-Nuneaton-Coleshill Thats 17 trains in 11hrs 20mins and all for less than 17 quid. I was quite suprised how many of the trains we spot on with their time keeping, it wasn't perfect as 1 train was cancelled from Rugeley but I made up the deficit by the time I was at University waiting for the Droitwich train.
How do the rest of you feel about he current situation?