Coffee Pot and I spent the weekend at the Bowes Railway, the Saturday being a photo session with Coffee Pot plus resident Barclay 0-4-0ST pair and the Planet diesel shunter. Sunday was a public open day, which saw 15 trains operate to cope with demand, the site being as busy as I have ever seen it. The sun shone and the whole thing went very well operationally. Coffee Pot was used to shunt the chaldrons around the site, and with the newly set valves the exhaust sounds terrific – loud and crisp with the gearing (3:1) giving the impression of much greater speed than is actually attained!

Below: Here is a selection of photographs taken during the event…