My Blog Watchers!

I'm so pleased - someone has left a comment regarding my blog (and earned themselves £5.00 into the bargain!). Well Done Mr Gray, and thank you! It's nice to know that my efforts haven't been in vain.




Now that I've received my first comment, I'm looking forward to receiving comments from the rest of you. How many of you were waiting for someone else to make the first move? You don't have to comment on just the latest post, feel free to comment on previous posts as well.

Sarah

P S The picture is one that I took last summer, when 850 Lord Nelson came down to Folkestone Harbour. There are a few more similar journeys scheduled for this year, mostly by 34067 Tangmere, but there are unlikely to be many more after this year as Folkestone Harbour Station is due to close.

John Wigston interview

As some of you will have noticed, some of our more recent covers have had illustrations, commissioned by us, from railway artist John Wigston (R28 Master Cutler, R35 Tyne & Wear Bridges and R36 TPO Anniversary). I'm sure that many of you would be interested to know more about him and his incredible paintings. To this end we asked if he would mind being interviewed and he has kindly agreed.

We hope to have the interview posted to the website (http://www.buckinghamcovers.com/rail in case you found the blog via Google) by the end of the month but if there are any questions that you would like to ask, please send them to us as possible.

If you are interested in any other rail covers with illustrations featuring John Wigston's artwork, please let me know and I'll see what I can find.

I look forward to reading your questions for John Wigston,

Sarah

Tornado Blows into Town!!

As soon as I heard about this project (which seems to have been long after everyone else!!), I thought that we ought to do something to mark this fantastic event! I mean, new mainline steam engines are rare in these days of “carbon footprints” (even if there is some evidence to suggest that they were far more efficient that today’s engines – but that’s another matter).

Letters were written, but no reply was received at the time, and I was on the verge of giving up when I suddenly received a call – yes they were interested but didn’t want to throw a spanner in the works by giving incorrect dates. It seems that they wanted to be more certain of a timetable before contacting us (fair enough). So, instead of letting the fire go out on this project, it’s now a case of “throw more coal on” and let’s get up a good head of steam!

We can’t say anything more at present (mainly because we don’t know anything more) but watch this space……………………..!

Sarah

PS: I don't how many of you read my blog - no one seems to have left any comments, and I would really love to know what you think. I may even be forced to introduce a little controversy - if only to provoke a response!!