Coronation steam

 

Coronation Sunday was glorious. A day full of lovely sunshine. Unfortunatly, we'd arrnaged to enjoy a running session on the Monday - when it rained. 

No matter. A good time was had by all. My Merlin Mayflower looked lovely on a set of Isle of Man coaches, which pleased me, since I also have a set for future use. 

There was, of course, cake. Thanks to the WI. 

John brought along this rather attractive South African prorotype, which ran very sweatly. 

Up for sale was this Mat Muckly, scratchbuilt Shay. Sadly, a bit out of my reach, but it is lovely. 

A nice Roundhouse Billy looked lovely in black, and steamed perfectly. I've always fancied building one of these from a kit, something watching, and hearing it, putter around made me even keener for. 

A rare loco - the very first Fine Scale Engineering line from thje guy who built the chassis. He could be persuaded to part with it, but for about twice the price of the Shay!

A bit of a Frankenloco now. There's an Edrig chassis under this body, and the control mechanism is "interesting" - but will be sorted out. 

And finally, not steam, but another Mat Muckly model. This time a galloping goose.

Despite the rain, trains ran from 2 to 6pm, and plenty of passers by were entertained. Money was raised for charity too, so a good day.