Steam Tours in 2014

The sunshine (a rare commodity after the wettest winter on record) comes out to record 35028 passing Clapham Junction, with the imposing Brighton Yard entrance building looming over the scene

The Bluebell's 4VEP sits in Clapham yard

60 years of development seperate the 1990s Networker on the left and the 1930s Brighton Bell car on the right. I can't help feeling it's not been entirely for the better.

Clan Line under the non-destroyed side of London Victoria

The weak spring sunshine illuminates the scene

35028 prepares to be dragged back to Stewarts Lane after another successful trip

Clan Line in all her glory

The crowds have thinned rather as 35028 is about to be removed from the party

34046 arrives at Olympia with the tour from Solihull, which she had taken over at Hanwell

The Vintage Trains stock making a rare visit south of London

Braunton blows off as she waits to leave Olympia for a circuit of Kent

A whistle as the rebuilt Bulleid sets off

With barely a whisper of steam, Braunton sets off from Olympia

34046 pulls away chasing the 378 in the path in front

Tangmere, having taken over a tour to Canterbury at Willesden, climbs up through Factory Junction

Tangmere in full Golden Arrow regalia

The driver opens 34067 up as the train snakes over the junction and bears down on Wandsworth Road

34067 in glorious, warm sunshine

The train heads toward south-east London and Kent

60009 arrives at Victoria with a train from Durham

Union of South Africa under the lights

60009 rests after bringing in the final leg of the Highlands & Islands Explorer for Steam Dreams

The A4 in the incongruous surrounds of the former Southern Railway terminus

A member of the crew attends to the A4 in platform 2

A service train from the Kent Coast pulls in alongside the tour

44932 raises the echoes as she pounds through Balcombe bound for Seaford

44932 having arrived at the Stratford pick-up from Ipswich

The Black Five draws a crowd, note the ones gathering on the bridge into Westfield