Grandad spends 30 years building miniature railway in garden

A train buff has spent more than 30 years building a working miniature railway track in his own back garden.

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00:00I'm Derek Burwell and I live in Palsall, Walsall, West Midlands.

00:05The railway started well over 30 odd years ago.

00:09It's been an ongoing thing, it's been re-sleepered because sleepers don't last forever.

00:15But it's kept us busy and it's entertained quite a few people over the years

00:23when we've had garden parties for birthday parties.

00:27I started many years ago because my dad used to work for Birmingham Couch and Carriage Works.

00:32I was fortunate to be able to go round the works and see what we used to produce.

00:37Probably that's how I started with the railways.

00:40Trainspotting down Beskett, Rudgeley, Wensbury, Wolverhampton.

00:46I was always out trainspotting and I've always been involved with railways.

00:51And I'd say it keeps me busy.