jULY 2011, was our first visit of the year to one of our favorite railways, the Steeple Grange. Since our last visit the line has now been extended across the industrial estate road and now requires a guard to watch the trains over the crossing. We also took a walk up the rest of the trackbed , which will require a large amount of filling in to create a embankment to avoid what would be a final climb of about 1 in 17. Over the May day bank weekend 2017 , the new extension to the line was opened , still a lot of work to do , but another major milestone reached