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123] Friends of Reddish South Station, Good Friday 14 Apr: https://goo.gl/MEr9Br 'Folk Train' 09.22
(FO) Stockport to Stalybridge (09.43) service with onboard Folk Music (just requires a normal ticket).
At Stalybridge the friendly P4 buffet bar is expected to be open especially for teas, breakfasts etc.

124] New Year's Resolution? "I will probably keep it at 1280 x 1024 as usual - but thanks for asking."

125] Big Train meets Little Train: Https://goo.gl/dvhnLD A 100 page guide with maps etc to the 11
Great Little Trains of Wales or free by post from [email protected] or The Secretary, Great Little
Trains of Wales, FREEPOST CS1226, Wharf Station, Tywyn, LL36 9BR, 01654 710472. Discount card
£10: 20% off one adult full round trip (normal services) on each line for 12 months from the first trip
and more benefits. Online https://goo.gl/tzNQUb by phone/post as above or some booking offices.
Snowdon Mountain, Bala Lake, Brecon Mountain, Llanberis Lake, Ffestiniog, Talyllyn, Vale of
Rheidol, Welshpool & Llanfair, Welsh Highland, Welsh Highland Heritage & Fairbourne Railways.

126] https://goo.gl/FzPvVT Hon President Chris Green.
Network SouthEast (NSE) was launched on 10 Jun 1986 and disbanded 1 Apr 1994 with privatisation;
https://goo.gl/gZT8ny has more. The NSE Society aims to preserve 4CIG unit 1753 and return it to
750V DC operation. Station signage, items, leaflets posters, tickets and other NSE (and BR Southern
Region MK 1) related artefacts are being collected in the extensive archives. Many BLS members
attended the 13/14 Aug 2016 Finmere NSE 30th anniversary weekend. There is a twice yearly journal,
newsletter and updates. Membership is only £10 (£15 family) for 12 months; see website or write
(with an SAE) to c/o Southern Transit, The Old Cement Works, Shoreham Road, Steyning, BN44 3TX.

127] West Lancashire Light Railway: (MR p19) https://goo.gl/oLoEiS This 2ft gauge line run Sundays
26 Mar-29 Oct every 20 mins 11.30-16.30. Day ticket: £3 Adult, £2 Child, £2.50 Senior, Family (2A & 2C)
£7. The 'Nearly 50' Gala 12 & 13 Aug includes the chance to drive a diesel loco. The 50th Anniversary
Weekend is 23 & 24 Sep; all available locos in steam, 'lots of diesels', visiting locos/other attractions.

X.3 Guess the Location (1): BELOW: - Answer in BLN 1273 - (Ian Mortimer who had a cab ride in one).

X.4] Guess the Location (2): ABOVE: More importantly, did participants get overlap? (Ian Mortimer).

128] Mail Rail: (BLN 1271.3133) https://goo.gl/l8ZbKI Members can sign up for the Postal Museum
electronic newsletter at https://goo.gl/wHpedq this will include first details of tickets for the Mail Rail
trips expected to start on the Post Office Railway (that once carried 4M letter daily) later this year.

129] Unusual Transport Systems 2017: By our member Rod Bryant. A fully revised and updated
28 page A5 size 6th Edition is now available. It perfectly complements Peter Scott's 'Minor Railways'
annual guide. A new section is Water Chute Railways. Includes Amphibious Crafts, Hovercraft, Vertical
Observation Towers, Monorails, People Movers, Cable Guideways, Cable Cars, Hanging Gondolas,
Chair Lifts, Electric Railway, 5" Gauge Railways, Short Public Railways, Vertical / Inclined Lifts, Fixed
Ferris Wheels, Transporter Wheels, Guided Busways, Tethered Balloon Rides, Heathrow Airport 'Pods',
Passenger Boat Lifts, Sea Ferry Tractors and Travelators. £5 from Rod on our 14 Jan railtour or £6 by
post (cheques payee 'RS Bryant') 'The Acres', Whin Hill Lane, Faugh, Heads Nook, Brampton, Cumbria,
CA8 9EG. Please notify Rod of any amendments/additions to [email protected] or by post.

130] Neville R Knight: The Society has sadly learnt of the death on Christmas Day of former member
Neville Knight. Very active in our formative years, Neville was acting General Secretary briefly in
1959 then served from 1964-68 as simultaneous Treasurer and Membership Secretary. Anyone who
can contribute information for a BLN item is asked to contact the Editor as soon as possible please.

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