Bluebell Railway Deltic weekend - April 2015

09018 with the Queen Mary brake-van

A brake van special behind the 09

D9009 Alycidon at the head of the 11am departure from Sheffield Park

The LBSCR milk van no.270, recently restored

55019 approaches Horsted Keynes

Clag emanates from the Deltic as she approaches

55019 in BR blue

Royal Highland Fusilier in the sunshine

The Deltic slows for the token exchange

"Skippy" on a driver for a fiver course

10241 backs away

D9009 pulls away from Horsted Keynes

The GNR saloon looking well at home with the east coast thoroughbred

Owing to a wedding on platform 2 and being banned from platforms 4 & 5, 55019 waits her turn to use platform 3

D9009 pulls away and prepares to pass 55019

Deltic magic in deepest Sussex

The GNR saloon passes 55019

D9009 clags into life as 55019 prepares to enter the station

(30)541 preparing to re-enter full time service the following week

The Q class sits in Sheffield Park yard

D9009 backs onto the stock ahead of another departure

Low-angle on the Deltic

Alycidon ticks over waiting to take the next train north

D9009 in the Sussex sunshine

The Deltic in the heart of the Sussex countryside

The enormous Deltic, a vision of power

The cab and nose of the class 55

1638 runs round the wedding charter special

The U class, entering the last year of her ticket, backs onto the train

The U boat (the proper one) takes water