The BeerTrain

A single manned trip to Sardinia to try to cover the branches to Iglesias, Carbonia Stato & the main line to Macomer with D445 diesels. The E656 website was used to glean info on which services should be hauled. Then due to all flights back to the UK coming into the extortion category, over to the mainland for a day in the Sienna / Florence area. (# as usual denotes required locos) Wednesday 27/08/08 Left Barnsley on the 0627 then change at Sheffield, Leicester & Luton finally arriving at Luton Airport Parkway 0953. The First bus to the airport is free on Priv passes but wasn't gripped anyway. Flew right time with Easyjet at 1125, arrived 10 mins early at Cagliari. As I only had a small rucksack as hand luggage I made the shuttle bus (2 euro) although none of my fellow travelers did. There is a bus ticket machine in the arrivals hall but I had no change, the bar refused to give me any change,but the bus driver wrote me out a ticket no probs. (While festering for my flight

A multi purpose trip, the normal new loco and new track scenario on the one hand & a more relaxed, culturally themed middle bit! I started the trip with John Sandham, spent 9 days with a non-crank friend from Immingham in the middle & finished bumping into Trog! # = New Locos. Saturday 08/06/91 The overnight ferry as usual followed by a swift move across Belgium to Germany (also as usual). 1608#      Ostend - Koln Hbf                0632 Ostend - Koln             350km Time for a 215 fest! 215 039   Koln Hbf - Euskirchen         1037 Koln Deutz - Kall       40km 215 014# Euskirchen - Odendorf         1128 Euskirchen - Bonn      7km 215 115# Odendorf - Euskirchen         1111 Bonn - Euskirchen      7km 215 046# Euskirchen - Mechernich     1114 Koln Duetz - Trier      15km 215 042   Mechernich - Euskirchen     1205 Kall - Koln Deutz       15km 215 121# Euskirchen - Kall                 1210 Koln Deutz - Gerolstein 24km 215 047# Kall - Mechernich                1147 Trier - Koln D