■ THE Talyllyn Railway ran a special train on July 30 to celebrate the contribution made by its women volunteers since the line entered preservation in 1951. The 60 ladies aboard the train, which was worked by an all-woman train crew, represented a combined 1,000-plus years of female volunteering.
■ THE Yeo Valley Trust, support organisation for Exmoor Associates, has secured at auction one of the two original blue enamel Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Snapper Halt running in boards. The intention is for it to eventually be displayed at a proposed replica goods shed/museum at Bratton Fleming station.