Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Grand Opening 080411 

What a beautiful Railway this is Mike, and great facilities as well. You've done a superb job as always of capturing the essence of the railway, and let's wish them every success for the future...Bob

@robmasterman Thanks Bob, a lovely part of the country and very friendly people.

@SteamingYorkshire Thanks Simon. We keep bumping into each other going in opposite directions so it was nice to have a chat. We saw you scratching your head in agitation as you sat behind those 'steady locals! I only just managed to get set up in time and missed the training going under the bridge.

Hi There my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, I have another interesting idea for most of us Class 507, Class 508, Class 313, and Class 314 and that also includes those interesting Class 315 Fans out there, rather than scrapping most of those Class 507, Class 508, Class 313's Class 314 including the Class 315's maybe you guys can convert them. Including the refurbishment into the Volvo TD102KF Engine, Leyland 680 Engine, Volvo B10M Engine, Scania N112 Engine, Gardner 6LXC Engine, Gardner LG1200 Engine, Gardner 6LXB Engine, Gardner 8LXB Engine, Class 507, Class 508, Class 313's, Class 314's and the Class 315's and convert all of them into a 2 Carriages and Three Carriages of the Class 313's, Class 314's and that is including those Class 315's for most of us Class 314 and Class 315 Diesel Train Fans PLEASE. Are you still going to do this interesting type of Project for all of us out there Pretty PLEASE?

Interesting collection of stock. Nice to see a bit of DMU action as well, including the famous Iris the Railcar.

Great stuff Mike, nice to see you again! I noticed you and Graham following from Duffield, and I wasn't sure if you'd have made it in time for the shot by the college but you did :] Si

@SirSim25 Thanks. Yes there is. They have already done a heck of a lot of work in clearing and preparing the line.

Just what this railway could do with a standard and/or ivatt2

@iantrack Yes, they would be ideal, but the running costs of such a beast for a fledgling railway are relatively high.

@fgh456pc Thanks

@AndreiTupolev We would have preferred to see a little more steam action and a little less of Iris!