The Big Freeze

The Big Freeze is the sixth episode of the third series of Miniature Railway Adventures. It was written in 2011 by Michael White.

Plot
Drumwahey's railway is quite a railway indeed. It travels over and under bridges, through tunnels and over hills. While taking a break from work, Charlie asks the others what it must have been like in the snow. Cars recalls a story that took place at Drumawhey when there was a heavy snowfall. It was the winter of 2010 and Drumawhey had suffered and snowfall, but it melted enough to allow maintenance services to be carried out across the line. Casey had been fettling with Lady Grange during his leave and wishes to carry out a steam test along the line. However, a local weather repot shows signs of more snow to fall very soon and just as the gang were preparing to leave, the snow came once more. But Casey, who is still out on the line carrying out his steam test, is not aware of the sudden snowfall until he gets stuck at a lone section of the line. The builds up more and more and it gets cold too. Soon Casey is overcome by the cold and passes out.

But thankfully he is saved by some Dutch hikers who were exploring the area and had gotten lost in the storm. They bring Casey back to the station where Jane has lit a warm fire in the stove which helps bring Casey round. But because the snowfall was quite serious, they had to spend the night at Drumawhey. The next morning Lady Grange is rescued from the snow and the gang thank their new friends for their help.

Audiobook
This story was planned for an audiobook release but the audio requires fluent Dutch to be said during certain parts of the story. A narrator for this adaption is being sourced.

Trivia

 * Mike Whitehouse cameos in this story, but only in flashbacks.
 * The events are set around the heavy winter of 2010.