The Pines Express
I wonder if anyone else has vague memories of journeys in early childhood? I can never be certain. However, it is extremely likely that as a nipper I travelled with my parents on the Pines Express from Birmingham to Bournemouth for a week's summer holiday. The only thing I remember is that on the way back I was extremely impressed by being in a compartment where you could pull the blackout blinds down, still in situ after the war.
The out and return journeys will have been the only time that I travelled on the Somerset & Dorset line and the service will have gone through what was then quite a major station at Blandford Forum.
The above photo of the Pines Express at an unknown station is from an interpretation board in Blandford and is credited to British Railways.
The Pines Express
I wonder if anyone else has vague memories of journeys in early childhood? I can never be certain. However, it is extremely likely that as a nipper I travelled with my parents on the Pines Express from Birmingham to Bournemouth for a week's summer holiday. The only thing I remember is that on the way back I was extremely impressed by being in a compartment where you could pull the blackout blinds down, still in situ after the war.
The out and return journeys will have been the only time that I travelled on the Somerset & Dorset line and the service will have gone through what was then quite a major station at Blandford Forum.
The above photo of the Pines Express at an unknown station is from an interpretation board in Blandford and is credited to British Railways.