33217 heads through Water Orton with 'The Merry-le Bone' tour to...you guesed it.

Colin T. Giffords work gets admired during the SVR exhibition.

The many totems and signs of the SVR's Cafe/Museum.

A first for the GCR, 50007 heads past a soon to be busy Kinchley Lane.

A reflective D1705 at Rothley.

D1705 departs amongst a cloud of Sulzer smoke.

Elgar arrives into Rothley under the watchful camcorder of the signalman.

A crowd gathers to watch 50007 leave Rothley.

55019 looks beautiful in blue at Kinchley Lane.

The long awaited shot at Kinchley Lane of 50007.

Woodthorpe bridge was heaving all day. 47714 puts on a display for the masses.

37314 runs around at Loughborough as the work continues.

37314 keeps up the tractor traditions as she leaves Loughborough.

D5185 maneuvers around the workman, concentrating hard on the job at hand.

55019 looks and sounds fantastic leaving Loughborough.

Half of the GCR attendees raced off to the classic location outside Loughborough mainline to see 60009 with the 6M34 to Peak Forest,

The crowds carried on into the evening as 27056 elbows itself into the shot.

A border of shrubs and shutters holds a view of D123 at Woodthorpe.

55019 was still drawing the crowds late into the afternoon, seen on its penultimate run into Loughborough.

37314 rolls towards Loughborough in the rapidly setting sun at Woodthorpe.

55019 gave a spirited performance for the few that were willing to stay till the last. A fellow photographer put it best 'Thats made my hairs stand up on end'.

Stratford upon Avon seems stuck in a time warp after the Shakespeare Express arrived.

At Birmingham Snow Hill, they have to use platform 4 as its the only one without smoke detectors!

The art of attaching a headboard.

A rare view through the waiting room windows at Snow Hill.

Snow Hill has a strange array of platform parifinalia, this time accompanied by the Earl of Mount Edgecombe

Drivers and fireman joke amongst themselves awaiting departure.

Steamers can't hold some peoples attention for that long.

Many here to see the Shakespeare Express just chanced upon it at Birmingham as they continue thier journey by DMU.

A Chiltern service adds to the noise around Leamington Spa station.

A few minutes to kill at Leamington.

Commuters bareley notice the art deco stylings and old adverts at Leamington Spa.

The new layout at Rugby makes photographing the services that have a driver change easy.

D1015 completes the view at Blaenau Dolwyddelan with 'The Western Slater' to Blaenau Ffestiniog.

The photographers get their shots in at Blaenau Ffestiniog station alongside the Ffestiniog railway.

D1015 sounds magnificent on the departure from Blaenau Ffestiniog, seen snaking round the slate heaps and past photographers atop the remains of an old viaduct shortly before dissapearing into Blaenau Ffestiniog tunnel.

A beautiful overview of Colwyn Bay, complete with the day's centerpiece, D1015, skirting the North Wales Coast on it's way back to Didcot.

Jostling for position as 31276 runs round at Shenton.

Basher photography.

56086 awaits it turn to shine amongst the rolling fields at Shackerstone.

A bridge near Market Bosworth became home to many photters over the weekend at the Battlefield and one of the sought after shots was this, of 56086, 56040 & 73114 heading south in the sun.

The return working seen at Congerstone on the way back to Shackerstone.

'Oystermouth' proudly sports its Carry on Clagging trophy.

Oystermouth poses at Shackerstone.

Oystermouth gets admired by more visitors.

The end of any gala is signified by the empties.

A Battlefield proverb outside the gift shop.

The rat runs alongside the wall of trees on the approach to Shackerstone.

One final trip behind that classic pairing..., a grid and a ped?

The sun sets and the secondman waits to get the signal into the yard.

Bogies amongst bales outside Shackerstone.

The few punters left make their way back to their cars for the drive home.

'501 speeds through Tamworth.

Different passions united by one railway.

A classic view at Small Heath, with the Birmingham Skyline in the background and 37706 & 37516 with 'the Purbeck Growler' tour to Swanage.

What was supposed to be a 47 hauled tour turned out to be Skipped due to a comple lack of interest to work from the spoons in question. 67030 leads 'The White Rose Express' through Water Orton.

As a reward for getting up so early for the Boston Steel, the Water Orton lot were treated to a WCRC saloon working just before the main event.

31190 passes Water Orton early on a Wednesday morning with the first 31 hauled freight for some time, in the guise of the 6Z56 Boston Steel.