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The Final Run
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Salfords Light Railway
The final run of the Salfords Light Railway
The "final run" was actually spread over 2 days; family on Saturday 4th December, Paul Middleton on Sunday 5th.
Sorry about the state of the grass - it has been too wet to cut since we came back from New Zealand in October. That is my excuse and I am sticking to it!
Final run #1 - Saturday 4th December 2004
 I had a quick spruce-up of the garden and the family came round around 11:00
for the final run. Pip and I donned Santa-suits (boy did I feel a twit!) and
there were hot mince-pies and donuts.Funny thing, the batteries were a bit "lacking" and we couldn't run for more than an hour or so. (See below). Pip and her nephew William were some of the last riders - coincidentally they were also the first. |
 Pip
insisted that we both dress up in Santa suits - how embarrassing. |
Final run #2 - Sunday 5th December 2004
 Paul Middleton of Ride on Railways came over with his family and to pick up the remainder of the rolling-stock. Paul was going to bring a Hercules for a final run but as the whole family wanted to come he didn't - there wasn't room in the car. Just before Paul arrived, another buyer came round and had my turntable kit and 2 pairs of points, so we were restricted to running on the mainline. After having the batteries on charge all night, they were still a bit lacking on the Sunday morning; which was a bit odd.
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 After running for a couple of hours, Paul packed away all of my stock in the back of his car and the stock of the SLR was driven away. Footnote: When Paul got back home, he put a battery condition meter on my 2 batteries and found that one of them was completely shot. I think my TROJAN didn't like the idea of being sold and decided to "play up" on the final day. |
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