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
A 'JUBILEE' ON HIGH GROUND: In stunning weather on July 20, LMS ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 No. 45690 Leander heads the southbound working of West Coast Railways’‘The Pendle Dalesman’ excursion, which ran from Lancaster to Carlisle via the Settle-Carlisle line.
This interesting scene, which includes the contrasting colours of the fields, the stone walls, and a hint of exhaust, was taken in Mallerstang, near the line's summit at Ais Gill – in part of the area once described by David Bellamy as “England’s last wilderness.” The bridge carries the B6259 road and offers a useful layby for would-be
photographers.
MAURICE BURNS