Once inside Didcot the trains rides were free to use so we went for a ride with this nice shiny tank engine.......



The special event for Father's Day here in England was that (for extra cost) dad could get to drive a steam engine, some drove it cautiously, some thought they were on a race track......



And a rather elegant big blue loco in one of the storage sheds.......



That's enough of those, lots more shots of locos and rolling stock but I see that you are getting bored already.

Next on to Pendon Museum where a West Australian living in England wanted to preserve the look of the countryside and the train operations of the 1920-1930 period before all the old buildings and tracks disappeared. Extremely nice and feature accurate modeling to OOscale, about 1:76 scale. The emphasis on buildings but the trains are also very much in evidence. Very hard to photograph as the glass interferes and the lighting is a bit variable. More info at http://www.pendonmuseum.com/about/origins and others have now carried on his work in the same style with the emphasis on accuracy.









It was a natural to show this model.......



For the ones who need glasses......



The Parsons name shows up a lot in Devon down south, this signal box above was on the coastal line near Teignmouth.

The road near the museum holds a few real houses that look nice......

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