2002

Ted Martin's Garden and Woodland Railway, Thame, 17 August

GWR super power on the 7¼inch gauge: 'King' 4-6-0s 6027 and 6028 double-head on the high level line, while 2-8-0 4701 emerges from the tunnel beneath.

(Tim Edmonds)

Ted Martin's Garden and Woodland Railway, Thame, 17 August

Tank engines on the link line by the loco shed: 0-4-2T 1466 and 2-6-2T 3151 double-head a well loaded 'branch line' working.

(Tim Edmonds)

Ted Martin's Garden and Woodland Railway, Thame, 17 August

There seems to be no limit to the unusual double-heading combinations on this line; here 0-4-2T 1466 pilots 2-8-0 4701 in the cutting on the approach to the tunnel.

(Tim Edmonds)

Ted Martin's Garden and Woodland Railway, Thame, 17 August

'King' 4-6-0s 6027 and 6028 resting outside the impressive four-road loco shed after a hard afternoon's graft. Also in the picture is 'Castle' 4-6-0 4082.

(Tim Edmonds)

Severn Valley Railway, 21 July

Having brought "The Severn Venturer" into Bridgnorth station, Ivatt 2-6-0 46443 backs the stock of the arrival platform, ready to put it into the other platform to form the 2.45 to Kidderminster.

(Tim Edmonds)

Severn Valley Railway, 21 July

46443 waits for the road to Bewdley at Hampton Loade station with a set of LNER teak-bodied rolling stock including buffet car 643, built at York in 1937.

(Tim Edmonds)