History

@" BaraktheViking"

That is a neat site. I love the old pictures from the 30's 40's and 50's. I have to admit that I had no idea that these series trains were so small. When I first looked at them I thought these were miniatures, scaled down for tourists but they certainly didn't do that back in the 30's. The coaches even look scaled down. Very interesting site and more to explore.

Wales was known for its narrow gauge railways, aparantly they were easier to lay on the tracks up the sides of mountins as they didn't have to excavate as wide a route and most could follow existing paths, also they were cheaper than a conventional sized railway and the radius in the curves could be smaller

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I've been thinking of buying the old books for my 2.5 year.

I'm sure your 2 1/2 year old will enjoy them, my son has a '65 book complete library' and they come in for bed time reading,