Mid Week School Holiday Special August 1999 at Sandtoft
Above we see the start of the day for one of the two August School Holiday Specials that was held in 1999 by the railway group. We hired  a trolleybus for the second of the two events.  Holding a trolleybus driving license and one of the other members held a conductors license for the trolleybuses we were able to give not only train rides but a trolleybus rides too on the second of the two August School Holiday Specials. By mid-afternoon these two events saw the car park overflowing and two full double deck bus loads of visitors arriving.

Two of our former SMR members who attempted to keep a miniature railway operating at Sandtoft have now joined us with the operations of the miniature railway at Thorne. Keith has made a valuable contribution, his efforts with the track laying at Thorne have been far more successful thanks to the being able to use the proper rail that has been obtained with funding from Doncaster CEN. Keith has very successfully helped to get the electric locomotive "Mufuta" back into service by fitting the new wheels and control equipment. He is also helping to service the other locomotives that belong to the Doncaster & District Model Engineering Society and those owned by other members. Thanks to Keith's efforts all the electric locomotives have been fitted with buffers. There are plenty of challenges ahead for the 2006 operating season at Thorne, I am sure Keith will be able to help us all to sort these out.   Also a thanks to Rachel his wife and family for the help they give.