All track on the shed side of Pleasureland platform was (very) OOU; the point blades at the junction with the main line being bolted to the sleepers. This old carriage shed is destined to become a museum with some equipment, including the belt driven lathes, from the railway's workshops, being installed there.

The morning's travels started with loco No.3, 'Jenny', hauling our train the length of the line to Marine Parade station. Here the loco was uncoupled and the stock pushed out of the way so that each participant could have a round trip in the cab to the end of the headshunt returning through the run-round loop and back along the platform road. Those with lower Body Mass Indexes were able to do this two at a time! The rails into the second (left) platform and its run round loop have been lifted, their junction with the main line plain-lined. The sleepers remain but are filled up with soil and grassed over, a dramatic fairly recent change. The station loop and track round the first bend almost to Princes Park (intermediate station CP 1948) has been relayed on ⅓ size standard gauge sleepers. The new owner advised this would continue each winter, but first he had to relay both platform surfaces.



On returning to Pleasureland the exercise was repeated to cover the headshunt extremity and run round loop! Our sympathies to Owen Bramley, the owner driver having gone round his two loops about 60 times in all! The line's insurance does not cover passengers being propelled by a loco so the stock was pushed beyond the points leading to the sheds. Everyone managed a trip on a sleeper wagon along all five sidings and shed roads, full overlap being ensured thanks to people power! Our thanks to Owen for opening especially for us and we trust that his newly acquired venture will be the success it deserves to be. The 08.30 start was fully justified as there was enough time after to walk to Southport station for a Merseyrail EMU to reach our SGM and AGM comfortably without rushing.