CORNISH TIME CAPSULE: In a scene that is so evocative of the Western Region in the 1950s, BR Black ‘Prairie’ No. 5553 is seen drifting into Bodmin General past the excellent replica working signalbox. The image was captured during a Steam Recreations photo charter at the Bodmin Railway featuring the Waterman Railway Heritage Trustowned 2-6-2T on a short china clay train on May 19, 2023. DON BISHOP
SCOTSMAN IN THE WORTH VALLEY: National Collection-owned ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman departs Haworth with a train for Oxenhope at 0930 on Saturday, May 27 before the temperature started to climb and the exhaust disappeared. ANDREW DENNISON
PACIFIC POWER: The Kent & East Sussex Railway’s May 27-29 Steam Up Event included a Northiam to Junction Road shuttle led by Class 33 No. 33202. On May 29, No. 34072 257 Squadron, visiting from the Spa Valley Railway, was at the other end of the train, and is pictured departing Rolvenden. CHRIS LIVINGS