9600 takes charge of the shuttles in and out of Warwick Road station(ish), seen here coasting back down the hill near the photographers gallery.

A sneak peek of some of the Duchess' private parts. From design drawings in the centre, to frames, to the finished article, its all coming together slowly.

A few more artifacts of the loco which hid so well considering her size. Here's Hamiltons boiler door, sitting close to her headboard.

Another punter awaits his turn on the shuttle.

A quick and sloppy attempt at a HDR Panorama. 9 photos and many thousands of MB of ram later, and this is what came forth.

Life's easy for some on the day, unlike the fireman and driver at the front.

The most impressive monopod you've ever seen? Certainly was for me, and certainly put a few smiles on faces when he extended it.

Les Ross entertains the gathering by regailing stories of his loco.

A rather bendy panorama of the line up in the afternoon taken from the turntable.

So far the only successful HDR attempt! 4953, 47773 & 50021 sit in the afternoon sun around the turntable.

Les Ross details the finer points of his locomotive to a few eager listeners. Insert your own caption as to what he was saying at the time!

A panorama of the cab of 86259 itself.

'Lord of the Isles' passes Les, still regailing, on the shuttles, seen from within 'Les Ross'. Wait...that came out wrong.

Les listens to a Tyseley member regail of his own stories on the railways.

Ever seen this pairing before? I know I haven't, but here it is anyway, steam and electric in harmony, with Les Ross seen rushing to get his shot of this rareity involving his loco.

960301 was in attendance at the open day, seen here minuted before closing as the sun had finally moved round for this shot to be possible.

Bubbles everywhere. Resident bubble 55034 stands near visitor bubble 960011 'Pandora'.