Behind the Backscene
Dave Martin is buying manager at Hattons Model Railways.
I went to watch a launch at Cape Canaveral as a child and asked if I could take one of the astronauts’ places
1: What is your earliest railway memory?
At rip on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway wh en I was two years old, behind a WD ‘S1 60’. With the exhaust beat hammering off the sides of the valley, it was impossible not to get hooked.
2: What has been your most memorable train journey?
An early morning trip on the West Highland line in my teens. The noise of the Class 37 and the sunrise lighting up the dramatic Scottish scenery is something that will stay with me forever.
3 : Do you have a favourite railway station?
Ballamoar Top. It’s a long closed ‘station’ on an obscure part of the Manx Electric Railway – there’s a hedge, a couple of bushes and that’s about it.