As always the Bank holidays roll in so I do my best to make the most of it and on this occasion I did witha trip to Quainton road to see what was on offer whilst doing some rare track on the Chiltern Bubble and all topped off with a trip to Berkhempsted and nearby locations to see the wcml in action and also to see the loco hauled diagram.

As the title says had a steamy Sunday at the SVR with a host of Poppy day wreaths and whatnot.

This months collection will be without captions due to My own busy schedule (I know rubbish excuse but it's true)

Well as always I had my sunday free and well after checked the gen I caught wind that 37075 was operating 5 return trips with the resident steamer for company so I could resist and also I know there was a great little pub along the line so it defiantly was a great result.

The following is a collection of shots taken whilst on a day trip to the beautiful town of Stratford-upon-Avon courtesy of vintage trains and "Kinlet Hall.
Although this is more of an "Arty" collection I hope even the full 3/4 in you enjoys this collection.

Updated :- 26th July a series of shots from watching the Shakespeare from the line side.

To round off the Thumper spectacular today the GCR was running it's newly painted and restored 4-BIG in multi with the resident crompton and also the various steam still running about.

It's not everyday that a station turns 100 years old and considering I have been around 1/5 of that time it's only fitting that I paid homage to the new glory of Moor Street Station.

Well a somewhat none event of the 101st Birthday of the Locomotive works brought many old locomotives and one new locomotive to the fore and hundreds of visitors so obviously I could not turn down this event and with thanks to my girlfriend with her artistic flair Imanaged to create this collection of images which seem to be slightly dominated by the new Green Machine "Tornado".

Rather than have the title as " a captial day out or a day in London" I thought the current title fitted better.

Basically this is a collection of one shot of each surviving member of the class 52 "Westerns" and each will be a manipulated image in the attempt to create an new/old collection which these days is simply not possible in real terms so far I have

D1015 "Western Champion"
D1062 "Western Courier"
D1048 "Western lady"

This collection as you may of noticed is mainly about D444 "exeter" who was fortunately the rostered diesel on the SVR this bank holiday Monday so needs must and It was decided I would go after her for a few snaps.

I cannot believe I am actually doing this but this is my collection froma Thomas event on the Severn Valley railway basically I travel there in the hopes of seeing some diesels and managed to bag some western action up at Bridgenorth but basically this coillection is a mix of serious period shots and happy shots with what I would call "real face value" (sorry)

A selection of the months events and traction.

A selection of photos from what was a fantastic gala from the Derbyshire line with a great array of traction including a trio of peaks just to keep with the Midlands theme.
I hope you enjoy.