Interesting Places and Scenic Enchantment
This category page shows a list of our posts featuring steam train rides on heritage railways in England. Plus aircraft museums in London and Yeovilton, Somerset.
The Royal Air Force Museum London is located on the former Hendon Aerodrome, in North London’s Borough of Barnet. It includes five buildings and hangars showing the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force. Watch the video: This video of our visit to the Royal Air Force Museum London was recorded on Thursday 20 … Read more
West Somerset Railway is an independent heritage railway that recreates a country branch line in the age of steam. It runs 20 miles from the seaside resort of Minehead to the village of Bishops Lydeard near Taunton, with 8 other stations in between. The WSR first opened in 1862 as far as Watchet, it was … Read more
TOM 4646 is an international flight departing from Gatwick, London airport, United Kingdom (LGW) and arriving at Salzburg airport, Austria (SZG). The aircraft is a Boeing 737. Watch the video: Recorded on 8 January 2022 with a DJI Pocket 2 camera. Salzburg Airport, branded as Salzburg Airport W. A. Mozart, is Austria’s second largest airport. … Read more
The museum comprises four large halls. Each hall has a ground floor and upper levels telling the stories of naval aviation from the first manned kites towed behind naval vessels, to helium-filled airships, seaplanes, bi-planes, and the carrier-borne aircraft of WW2 and modern Sea Harriers and helicopters. Watch the video: Recorded on 18 November 2021 … Read more
We visit a volunteer operated heritage railway in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire offering a round trip of 28 miles. It uses part of the route of the former Great Western Railway’s main line from Birmingham to Cheltenham which used to run via Stratford-upon-Avon. It now operates steam and heritage diesel trains between Cheltenham Racecourse and Broadway … Read more
The Garden Railway operates from the Dell Garden and the coach park at Bressingham Gardens in Norfolk. Its track runs alongside the perimeter of the gardens and has a gauge of 10.24 inches. Designed and built by Bressingham’s own engineering team, the line’s new locomotive was named Alan Bloom and pulls up to sixty people … Read more
Our rail journey to the summit of the highest mountain in Wales begins at Llanberis station. As our train climbs towards the 1085 meter summit we pass two steam trains and a diesel train going down. At the top, we get 30 minutes to enjoy refreshments at the station cafe and admire the spectacular panoramic … Read more