Firedrake Files No.9 - GWR steam railcar No.93
The Liskeard to Looe branch line recently hosted No.93 the reconstructed steam railcar and one of my mates came down from Birmingham to ride on it. The atmosphere on the Looe platform at Liskeard was really good with preserved buses and stalls selling interesting stuff. The weather wasn't bad either although we did experience slight precipitation as the railcar pulled into the station. The engine section was reconstructed out of nothing The previous weekend the railcar hadn't even made it to Liskeard. This was no fault of its own. The diesel pulling it from Bodmin "failed" and when another one was drafted in at short notice that "failed", too. The organisers made the most of this "learning point", however, and for the next event brought it over on the Saturday night. That would have allowed them all night to scour the west country to find a working diesel if it all went frogs. Of course, there were no problems and services began as schedul...