Thursday, August 23, 2007
8th August Brighton. Volk's Railway with Ekatarina.
On a lovely sunny day Ekatarina, Bill and I went to Brighton.
The train arrives, full of passengers ready to explore The Marina.
Volk's railway was established in 1883, making it 124 years old.
Before we got off the train Bill took an interesting picture of the train in a magnifying mirror, used by the driver to check the view of the station platform.
We parked at The Marina and went on the old novelty train, known as Volk's railway after its founder, to the pier.
With free parking at The Marina it is probably the cheapest way to get into central Brighton and it is fun.
Brighton is our nearest seaside town and has been a favourite place for Londoners to visit since the days when George IV, as the Prince Regent built his Royal Pavillion.
Keen eyed folk might spot that I have used a few of the pictures that we took last August to illustrate the railway.
The train arrives, full of passengers ready to explore The Marina.
We climbed aboard and felt pleased that we could sit at the front of the train for the ride towards the pier.
Of course the driver sat just in front of us.
As we neared the pier we could pick out more details.
As we neared the pier we could pick out more details.
Volk's railway was established in 1883, making it 124 years old.
Volk had very grand designs for his railway and it used to be much longer and ran on rails supported on pylons over the water. But a mighty storm forced adaptations after less than a month.
Bill took a few pictures of Ecky and me without our knowledge! We were just studying the view on the return journey, when we sat right at the back of the train.
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Here I am enjoying a birthday ride last year.
We got off the train at Halfway Station where there is a children's playground.
Before we got off the train Bill took an interesting picture of the train in a magnifying mirror, used by the driver to check the view of the station platform.
Next time I will sort out some pictures of us on the pier.
