WARTIME SILHOUETTE: Re-creating a scene which could have occurred when six US Army Transportation Corps ‘S160’ 2-8-0s were allocated to Didcot shed in 1943 prior to being dispatched to France in September 1944, TimeLine Events organised an evening photo charter on July 31 at Didcot Railway Centre. Churnet Valley Railway-based No. 6046 is pictured in this atmospheric sunset scene.
FRANK DUMBLETON
CALLING A HALT: Recreating the days gone by of the rural branch line, a lonely passenger waves at the crew of No. 6412 for it to come to a stand at Wainhill Halt during a 30742 charter at Chinnor and Princess Risborough Railway on August 14. The GWR 0-6-0PT is visiting from the South Devon Railway, while autotrailer No. 167 is now resident at Chinnor, having previously been based at the Llangollen
Railway.
MARTYN TATTAM