By Graham K. Rogers

A recent trip to the UK for a family vacation ended up with me visiting four steam-centred railways being preserved by enthusiast groups. I had initially planned to look at the local line - formerly serving sand excavations - and the section of broad gauge at Didcot.

The video follows. enjoy. . .

Graham K. Rogers teaches at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University in Thailand. He wrote in the Bangkok Post, Database supplement on IT subjects. For the last seven years of Database he wrote a column on Apple and Macs. After 3 years writing a column in the Life supplement, he is now no longer associated with the Bangkok Post. He can be followed on Twitter (@extensions_th)