Hythe Pier Narrow Gauge Railway

On the 8th May my Wife and I visited Hampshire to go to Beaulieu Motor Museum. Once our visit was over we wanted some fish and chips so we headed to Hythe where our cravings were sated. It was then that I realised we had been in Hythe before and rode on the pier railway so we went to have a look.

A view of the rear of the train with its luggage carrying flat wagon and the drivers cab. 

The purpose of the railway is to take passengers to the end of the pier to catch the ferry. Not the ferry in the picture, thats on its way to the Isle of Wight.

The luggage flat in action

As the train moves off the locomotive comes into view. It is electrically powered and still uses the original electronics. 

A view of the full train on the pier

The train on its way back to the landside

A nice view of this wonderful old train.

Sunshine at last

The summer appears to have arrived a bit early with lovely sunshine, high temperatures and no rain! This has allowed me to get on with the tramway extension and start the landscaping.
The pictures tell the story.

The first section of wooden edging goes in

The area between the main line and the tramway starts to get its landscaping

Getting there slowly. Some plants have gone in with two spreading plants that should cover a lot of the ground currently covered with slate.

I have put in a basic road way to allow a lumberjack yard to be built

Extra blocks have been laid, to put more in I will have to dig more of the trench

Work stopped for a while when I heard a low droneing which turned out to be the local bee keepers hives swarming. Whilst I like bees and understand they dont normally sting these sounded a bit pissed-off so I retired indoors.

Once the bees had gone I continued adding a car that we bought a year or so ago. Scale vehicles will follow but this little fellow will do for a while.