Linesiding with John

Last updated: 13 May 2013

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Updated details of the November - December 2013 China Trip to Rongshan, Baiyin, Sandaoling, Pingzhuang, Yuanbaoshan and Fuxin are now available. There will also be a pre-tour visit to Shibanxi and possibly a post-tour extension to Xinglongzhen for regular diesel-hauled ng logging trains. Details are here.
Email me if you are interested in this tour.
An Early Booking discount is available prior to 15 June.

October-November 2012 Standard Gauge China Real Steam Tour Blog
This trip visited most of the location planned for the 2013 winter tour.

I recently returned from Sri Lanka. My wife Stephanie wrote a blog of our trip which contains details of the trains we saw as well as other aspects of our trip. To read it click here. I'm considering offering a tour to Sri Lanka (riding the trains and linesiding). I'm also working on a DVD which combines footage from my last trip to Sri Lanka in 2000 (upscaled for widescreen) and footage from the current trip. This will probably be the next DVD I finish. Email me if you are interested in this project.

The 2013 Statfold Barn Railway Year started with the March 23rd open day which went ahead despite the snow. I got there to record what will probably be a unique event. I prepare an annual DVD for sale at open days and my SBR 2012 DVD is also available directly from me if you are not able to attend one of their events. Email me if you would like a copy.

The Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway where I volunteer is having a a Photo/Video Charter later in the year. Email me if you are interested need more information about this event or visiting the LCLR.

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My latest DVDs - Click on the thumbnail pictures to see the full size covers:

The 2012 SBR double DVD and a Sri Lanka Double DVD are also ready. Email me for details.

North East China
December 1998 - January 1999
primarily narrow gauge steam -
this digital footage has been
modified for widescreen

Real Steam in 2012 -
Baiyin, Fuxin & Tiefa
one of a series of 4 DVDs of real
working steam in 2012 in China and
Indonesia

Real Steam in 2012 -
Sandaoling Coal Railway
one of a series of 4 DVDs of real
working steam in 2012 in China and
Indonesia

This Double DVD is available for £20 plus postage.

If the address of the page you are viewing is www.linesiding.co.uk and you would like to order a DVD using PayPal, please go to my waitrose site. Otherwise, you may have problems paying with PayPal.

New DVD Pricing Structure (after Royal Mail price increases May 2012)
Fairer prices with different postal charges for UK, Europe and Worldwide
Cheaper prices for almost all orders*
(but only until postal prices increase further – as they surely will!)
There are now 3 different postal options with all PayPal order buttons (unless I have missed any). (This work is ongoing, prices below and on my DVD pages are updated but PayPal buttons on report pages still need updating. Email me if you don't see 3 postal options with a DVD you want to order. )
The basic price of a single DVD is now £15. A double DVD now costs £20. If you order a DVD (single or double) to be posted to a UK address, you will pay an additional £0.69p for 2nd class postage. If you order for posting to a European address, the price of a single or a double DVD is plus £2.70. If you order for posting to a rest of the world address, the price of a single or a double DVD is plus £3.30.
For reference, my previous pricing structure was £18 for a single DVD, £24 for a double DVD postage paid anywhere in the world.

*The only prices that are more are the price of a single DVD plus postage to the rest of the world and any specially priced items which now have a standard price. All other prices are cheaper.
As always, I can offer a discount on orders for more than one DVD which will reflect both a quantity discount and some saving on postage. However, please contact me by email to discuss this as you cannot order on this website and get this quantity discount.

Steamy Java 2012
I was in Indonesia from 12 July until 12 August participating in the Farrail Java tour. My blog, including my own pre-tour visit to Situbondo, is now multi-page with copious photos. Start here and choose the section that you want. I am not aware of any 2013 Jav tours that I can recommend. However, I expect that Farrail will offer a tour in 2014.

Am I a real steampunk?
Is this a 'real steam' punk website?

Click here for more images.

Check out the rather nebulous steampunk concept - google it - and I think you will find that this Jordan Spreader and JS at Sandaoling are perfect steampunk material. more...

If you like the image above, click here for my Shibanxi blog to see more.

2011-2012 DVDs

2011 Statfold Barn DVD

Every year since 2007, I have produced an annual DVD for the Friends of Statfold Barn Steam Heritage Trust to sell at the regular 3 open days held at Statfold Barn each year. I am also able to supply copies via my website for £15 plus postage.

I can also supply the DVDs for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Please email me if you are interested. If you wish to order more than 1 SBR DVD, the second and subsequent DVDs will be £10 each. However, you must email me for this special offer.

I provided the footage for this DVD published by the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society. In return, I receive a few copies each year to sell. I have limited stock of this DVD for £15 plus postage.

Download the description used on the back of the DVD cover for this DVD here.

View a clip on YouTube.

Buy this DVD now for £15 plus postage.

You can read about the trip I made to shoot this video here.

View a clip on YouTube.

Buy this DVD now for £20 plus postage.

DVDs

Double DVD - Outposts of Steam

Click on the image to see a full-size version of the cover.

Read more about this DVD and my trip here.

You can buy this double DVD for £20 plus postage.

YouTube Videos

My Christmas-New Year 2011-2 Trainspotting Quiz is still available on YouTube. You can either view it at http://www.youtube.com/user/trundlebahn/videos or on a separate page. However, the quiz has now ended so no more prizes are available. You may still enjoy watching the clips, though.

This webpage is created and owned by John Raby

You can contact me at lwj@linesiding.co.uk

The background image is of the Weihe passenger train, China in the late 1990s.