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Crogga Valley Railway - 23rd July 2022

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Marked up plan.<br>[&copy; Martin Brailsford 2022]

The Wash Road - the single track furthest from the running line in a lean-to alongside the Carriage Shed. Very appropriately this was in pouring rain!<br>[&copy; Stuart Hicks 2022]

BLS fixtures always have a Back Up Plan, here it was back up each of the four Carriage Shed roads.<br>[&copy; Jenny Williamson 2022]

BLS fixtures always have a Back Up Plan, here it was back up the two loco shed roads.<br>[&copy; Jenny Williamson 2022]

The end of the shed roads<br>[&copy; Graeme Easton 2022]

Geoff Treby & Alan Sheppard people powering at the turntable.<br>[&copy; Graeme Easton 2022]

Aren't the train drivers young these days...?<br>[© Graeme Easton 2022]

A Douglas to Port Erin train whistles by.<br>[&copy; Graeme Easton 2022]

Our trips are noted for going the extra mile (well, few feet) and this certainly put a smile on Jenny Williamsons' face... This is the extremity (plus) of the Wash Road - so called because of the washing machine you pass!<br>[© Stuart Hicks 2022]

Union Pacific diesel 1776 with open coaches F4, F5 & F6 at Crogga Heights station.<br>[&copy; Stuart Hicks 2022]

One of the organisers, Your IOM Regional Editor, handshunts some wagons to clear the loop. Looking down the main line from Crogga Heights station.<br>[&copy; Stuart Hicks 2022]

Your GS seems oblivious to being photographed, right is the Barbecue Road (wait here for haircuts?), a dead end siding. The loco shed is ahead.<br>[&copy; Stuart Hicks 2022]


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