Rail Riders Articles

Severn Valley railway. September 2023

Published 18th October 2023

Severn Valley railway. September 2023 13 intrepid travellers set off from The metroplole Hotel to car share to Kidderminster to catch the 10 am train to Bridgenorth on the Severn Valley Railway. Arriving in plenty of time we found there to be a lot of passengers on the same journey. Everyone arrived on time and […]

Birmingham. June 2023

Published 20th June 2023

Read about the latest adventure when the group travelled from Llandrindod station to Birmingham on The Heart of Wales Line, changing at Shrewsbury for Birmingham New Street.

The Cambrian Line

Published 29th March 2023

Finally, at last. Yes we did it!
David Horne reports on the Railriders March outing to Pwllheli.

Get together

Published 13th June 2022

I have arranged a get together at The Commodore Hotel on Wednesday 20th July 2022 at 10.30 in the De winton Room. Tea and coffee have been ordered. As a special bonus Jan Swindale will make a slide presentation of a trip across the USA with David. Following this we will chat about future trip […]

4th May 2022. GWSR

Published 13th June 2022

Wednesday 4th May 2022. Well, here we are again. Out on the open rails with the distinct whiff of syeam locomotive in the air. Ah nostalgia! Buckle up and settle down. This is an epic tale of pleasure, joy and hope (hope that all will go swimmingly without any hitches) and the inevitable despair when […]

Christmas 2021

Published 13th June 2022

The Armoury. Shrewsbury. Wednesdat 8th December 2021 Well, we finally got going again! It has been 2 years. almost to the date, since our last adventure and returning to our last venue. The pandemic has certainly taken the steam out of things but there does appear to be an end in sight (says he hopefully). […]

Christmas lunch 2019

Published 13th June 2022

The Armoury. Shrewsbury We decided that this year we would travel by Heart of Wales Line (H.O.W) to Shrewsbury and a festive meal at The Armoury which is situated on Victoria Quay by the River Severn. The benefit of using the H.O.W in winter is that being of a certain age or more we could […]

Snowdonia Mountain Railway

Published 26th September 2019

Wednesday 18th September 2019 … Oh glorious sunshine! If there is one railway journey that needs sunshine it has to be ascending the highest mountain in Wales. By golly didi the weather deliver. Not just sunny but basking in late summer warmth. We started as usual in the Metropole car park at 6.30am. I have […]

Welsh Highland Railway

Published 26th May 2019

Wednesday 8th May 2019. Why is that every trip the group has completed, the weather is either wet, cold or snowy – or a combination of all 3! Can someone answer me this one simple question? No. Neither can I. Thus it was on this particular day. Chilly to say the least. The intrepid travellers […]

Christmas Outing

Published 26th December 2018

Members of the group organised a Christmas lunch on the Severn Valley Railway on Wednesday 13th December. The visit included a 30 minute trip on the railway ending up in the engine shed in Highley where they enjoyed a splendid christmas lunch as well as good look at the engines and other items on display […]