Paul Ash drives on the RH&D railway

[Steve Appleton]

Well known local SA railway enthusiast and travel writer, Paul Ash, drives on the UK's famous narrow gauge Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. See http://multimedia.thetimes.co.za/photos ... ly-stoked/
Story at http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=980257
Paul questions why something similar could not be done here on a section of the old George-Knysna railway:

For you SA preservation guys, this is the kind of operation that would work so very well on a truncated, lakeshore version of the George-Knysna line - a shorter run that won’t bore families, will be a lot cheaper to set-up and operate, and the perennial landslip issues above Kaaimans and the flooding in the cuttings above Victoria Bay will be rendered irrelevent.

[John Ashworth]

I haven't been on the RH&D since I was a small kid. I remember it as a magical experience!

[M. Hardy-Randall]

Truly bright green with envy! I rode it last year as a passenger, but was not aware that it was possible to drive on the line.

Malcolm