On the 18th June 1970 Ray Manning chanced across Fort Steele and found an expatriate there, in steam and operating on the 4km line there. He was welcomed by the staff and took a number of images in colour and black & white. Sadly Ray died recently but his photographs came into the possession of Peter Clark who thoughtfully donated them to Beamish. Here is a selection of those views. What is interesting (to me at least!) is that they show Dunrobin before the air brake conversion, thus it is free of the air pump. It is also interesting to note the buffer beam colour and addition of electric lighting. Dunrobin had only been in Canada for five years at that point. Enjoy these views (a full set is available on Beamish’s Flickr site) – a great foretaste of what we will be able to enjoy in a couple of years time…