B473 steams south from Ketches Halt with the Victorian Christmas train. 22.12.2011 3355
Father Christmas with some of the visitors. Horsted Keynes 22.12.2011 3377
Father Christmas with some of the visitors. Horsted Keynes 22.12.2011 3371
Father Christmas with some of the visitors. Horsted Keynes 22.12.2011 3368
B473 steams south from New Road Bridge with the Victorian Christmas train. 22.12.2011 3403
Victorian Christmas at Horsted Keynes. 22.12.2011 3380
Victorian Christmas at Horsted Keynes. 22.12.2011 3361
Victorian Christmas at Horsted Keynes. 22.12.2011 3356
Victorian Christmas at Horsted Keynes. 22.12.2011 3357
Victorian Christmas at Horsted Keynes. 22.12.2011 3359
Victorian Christmas at Horsted Keynes. 22.12.2011 3360
Victorian Christmas at Horsted Keynes. 22.12.2011 3362
B473 on Victorian Christmas duty at Horsted Keynes. 22.12 2011 3387
B473 makes up the Victorian Christmas train at Horsted Keynes. 22.12 2011 3386
Victorian Christmas at Horsted Keynes. 22.12.2011 3396
Victorian Christmas at Horsted Keynes. 22.12.2011 3364
Victorian Christmas at Horsted Keynes. 22.12.2011 3383
1638 crosses Poleay Bridge with a Santa Special 10.12.2011 3265
80151 leaves Horsted Keynes with a Santa Special. 10.12.2011 3191
B473 steams south from Ketches Halt with a Santa Special. 10.12.2011 3261
592 was on duty shunting and posing, and is seen here inside the Sheffield Park Carriage Shed. 10.12.2011 3300
Santa, his Elf, and some happy visitors. Horsted Keynes 10.12.2011 3203 (I am advised that the two snowmen in the background are not members of the NEP suffering from the effects of the adverse weather).
We must recruit this man at once; he can multi-task. He can keep several balls in the air whilst aboard a goods train. Horsted Keynes 10.12.2011 3248
Members of Santa's support team. Horsted Keynes 10.12.2011 3228
The picture boards at Horsted Keynes were popular. 10.12.2011 3244
A Class 66 with four wagons was in the platform at Sheffield Park (Honestly...) Horsted Keynes Model Railway display. it's well worth a visit; a very high quality job. 10.12.2011 3239
Horsted Keynes Model Railway display. 10.12.2011 3199
Horsted Keynes Model Railway display. 10.12.2011 3236
Horsted Keynes Model Railway display. 10.12.2011 3235
Horsted Keynes Model Railway display. 10.12.2011 3232
Horsted Keynes Model Railway display. 10.12.2011 3233
1638 steams past the Sheffield Park Advance Starter. 10.12.2011 3280
80151 curves over the points as it is routed towards Platform 2 at Sheffield Park. 10.12.2011 3329
Visitors on the forecourt at Sheffield Park. 10.12.2011 3323
There's always one.... (Jacqui). You are busy taking pictures of people in Victorian costume, and someone just HAS to get in the picture... Horsted Keynes 10.12.2011 3221
The braziers have been deployed to prevent the water columns from freezing at Sheffield Park. It was a pleasure to meet Martin Lawrence here (strange to find him by the fire....) 10.12.2011 3345
The Fenchurch Fund stall at Sheffield Park, busy raising funds for the restoration of 27. 10.12.2011 3339
A newly (partially) restored coach had arrived by road and been placed on the tramway. 592 shunted it carefully into the SP Carriage Shed. 10.12.2011 3292
A second view of the newly arrived coach. SP Carriage Shed 10.12.2011 3304
The crew on 592 in the Sheffield Park Carriage Shed. 10.12.2011 3299
To allow the tramway to be used for the delivery of a coach it was necessary to extract 34059 from the old engine shed, where it was sheltering from the winter weather. Sheffield Park 10.12.2011 3309
Following complaints that the Wickham Trolley provided insufficient protection for the PWay and Infrastructure Teams in the adverse weather, the engineering train has been provided with alternative accommodation..... 10.12.2011 3282
80151 crosses the River Ouse Bridge. 10.12.2011 3335
1638 was operating at low speed (as were all the Santa Specials) with a drain cock open. This produced some "interesting" steam effects. I am tempted to run a caption competition... Horsted Keynes 10.12.2011 3181
323 Bluebell on shed at Sheffield Park. Some rust seems to have developed on the smokebox. I am sure that the team will soon have it sorted out. 10.12.2011 3308
The weather now being too cold for the paint to dry properly, progress on the repainting of 75027 and 92240 is minimal. The green undercoat on 75027 is rather more vivid than the photograph suggests. There was some reflection from the low winter sun. Horsted Keynes 10.12.2011 3197
The interior of the Bulleid Bookshop on Platform 2 at Sheffield Park. 10.12.2011 3342
The interior of the Bulleid Bookshop on Platform 2 at Sheffield Park with David Foale (Finance Director) behind the counter. 10.12.2011 3343