I thoroughly enjoyed the visits with the Gosport Shed to the Greenwich Maritime Museum, and the Fleet Air Arm museum at Yeovilton. On each visit, I felt that I had a good amount of time to look at the exhibits.
The next trip is being planned to the Swindon Railway Museum at the end of the month. I can’t say what it is but there is something about trains that has always appealed to me. Perhaps it’s the feel & smell of the steam. But that is to ignore the attraction of diesel and electric trains, and it is certainly there.
I hope there is something about signalling there, especially the old mechanical method of signalling, there is something really appealing about that. I used to love when I was younger and these systems were normal watching the wire links, and the arms move as the signalman pulled levers. There was an incredible level of interlocking for safety reasons mainly. That interests me, so as you can imagine, I am looking forward to the trip.
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