https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longmoor_Military_Railway,


This was a training railway. It hasn't (thus far) had its own thread on the Coffee Shop, though a few mentions in passing in the past. It grew to connect a branch off the Alton line at Bordon to Portsmouth Direct Line at Liss, and (!) line a good model railway had a loop / circuit that trains could run round and round without having to run round at the terminals.

There seem to be lots of books on the "LMR" but few if any dedicates web sites, unless I have missed something.

I also spent two weeks at Longmoor getting my Cert T. All good practical stuff; re-railing exercise, shunting duties at their marshalling yard near Two Range Halt, working in the box at Longmoor Downs (not signal box), driving one of the diesels, learning to produce train running plans (probably still have the graph paper (Army Form xxx) somewhere, etc. As you say, bliss for a youngster. Still have the military railway rule book on the shelf.

Interesting that the Wikipedia entry must be one of the few railway ones without a track diagram.