STANDARD ON TOUR: Mid-Hants Railway-based BR ‘2MT’ 2-6-2T No. 41312 visited the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust at Midsomer Norton in mid-September, as part of a series of events to mark the 60th anniversary of the last ‘Pines Express’ over the Somerset and Dorset Railway in 1962. On September 15, the loco is seen starring in a 30742 Charters photographic day, during which it hauled trains of both restored goods wagons and carriages.
JEREMY DE SOUZA
SOUTHERN LOCO ON SPA LINE: The East Lancashire Railway’s SR Bulleid Pacific No. 34092 City of Wells visited the Spa Valley Railway as part of the Kent line’s 25th anniversary gala on August 27/28. The following weekend, No. 34092 operated in top-and-tail formation with Class 24 No. D5054 (24054) Phil Southern, also visiting from the ELR. The train is seen at the attractive station of Groombridge on September 4.
CHRIS LIVINGS