The last time I visited this Railway I was still using a film camera, and that seems many years ago! Having attended many traction engine rallies last year I felt a change was needed and Stapleford Open Days have the best of both worlds, trains & traction engines etc. Railways have always been my real favourite and the day wasn’t long enough to photograph both trains & traction engines, so the trains won!

5 locos were hauling the trains and I think the photos show how popular the railway was during the day:-

68 photos at the Stapleford Miniature Railway 18th June 2006

Brief loco details, see SMR web site for full details:-
4-4-2 no. 751 “John H. Gretton” (formerly John of Gaunt)
4-6-0 no. 2943 “Hampton Court” (GWR)
4-6-0 no. 5565 “Victoria” (LMS)
2-8-4 no. 752 (New York Central & St. Louis - Nickel Plate Road)
4-8-4 no. 6019 (New York Central)

(On the thumbnail page “Title +” = loco number order, “File name +” = in time order)