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The annual steam gala at Amerton is always fun. The circular line is operated with trains running in both directions, passing at the station and the loop out in the fields. The net result, as fairly described by my wife, is "Keystone Cops with little trains"...

For this year's gala, resident "Isabel" (WB 1491 of 1897) was joined by regular visitors, Kerr Stuart "Wrens" Pixie (4260 of 1922) and Peter Pan (4256 of 1922), and from the West Lancs Light Railway, "Irish Mail", ex-Dinorwic Hunslet (823 of 1903). A further "Wren" is resident on the line - "Lorna Doone", ex- Birmingham Science Museum. Non-operational, she posed in the yard for photographers.

Video clips:
all 360 x 288, Windows Media using WM9 codecs

	Isabel ...rumbles along with an interesting "mixed freight" 1,160k; 1m 15s
	Peter Pan ...accelerates along the straight from Amerton station 1,208k; 1m 17s
	Pixie Similar loco, same place 696k; 44s
	Irish Mail 1 ...heads the passenger, running anticlockwise 750k; 46s
	Irish Mail 2 ...on the freight, out in the fields 711k, 45s
	Irish Mail 3 ...pulls away from Amerton station with the freight 544k; 34s

We spent a very pleasant afternoon there (as ever) - the nature of the line means that all parts can be visited on foot with little effort, and the winding track makes for interesting photography. If you haven't been - put it in your diary.

See Also Raildiary pages - The Amerton Railway and Wrens at Amerton

Links:

• The Amerton Railway

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