2006/07/08.01 1950s style BR signs at Alton station.

2006/07/08.02 West Country class Pacific 34016 BODMIN gets ready to depart from Alton.

2006/07/08.03 The headcode indicates a train to the West Country, but, in reality, BODMIN is going no further than Alresford!

2006/07/08.04 Close up of BODMIN's smokebox.

2006/07/08.05 Alton station - 1

2006/07/08.06 Alton station - 2

2006/07/08.07 Medsted and Four Marks - up platform station building.

2006/07/08.08 Medsted and Four Marks signal box.

2006/07/08.09 West Country class Pacific 34016 BODMIN having just arrived at Alresford.

2006/07/08.10 BR standard Mk 1 coaches at Alresford.

2006/07/08.11 BODMIN starts to run round its train in readiness for the next trip.

2006/07/08.12 BODMIN passes by on the run round loop through the down platform at Alresford.

2006/07/08.13 Alresford, with BODMIN running round through the down platform.

2006/07/08.14 The Mid-Hants also has a collection of heritage diesels and DMUs for off peak trains and diesel gala days.

2006/07/08.15 BR standard class 5 4-6-0 73096 has brought the next train into Alresford.

2006/07/08.16 BR standard class 5 4-6-0 73096 running round at Alresford.

2006/07/08.17 The next train is ready to depart from Alresford behind BR standard class 5 4-6-0 73096.

2006/07/08.18 West Country class Pacific 34016 BODMIN back at Alresford.

2006/07/08.19 West Country class Pacific 34016 BODMIN at Alresford.

2006/07/08.20 Alresford, with a lower quarant signal in the foreground, and BODMIN running round in the background.

2006/07/08.21 Nicely framed by lower quadrant semaphore signals, West Country class Pacific 34016 BODMIN rejoining its train at Alresford.

2006/07/08.22 West Country class Pacific 34016 BODMIN is about to couple up to its train waiting in the up platform at Alresford.

2006/07/08.23 BR standard Mk 1 coaches in the up platform at Alresford.

2006/07/08.24 Alresford station.

2006/07/08.25 B.R.C. & W. Co. Type 3 Bo-Bo D6593 at Ropley.

2006/07/08.26 Royal visitor! BR standard class 8P Pacific 71000 DUKE OF GLOUCESTER on shed at Ropley.

2006/07/08.27 The only BR standard class 8P Pacific 71000 DUKE OF GLOUCESTER on shed at Ropley.

2006/07/08.28 Back in Alton again, West Country class Pacific 34016 BODMIN runs round for the last time that day.

2006/07/08.29 Close up of BODMIN's nameplate.

2006/07/08.30 West Country class Pacific 34016 BODMIN at Alton.

2006/07/08.31 Contrast in coaches at Alton. BR standard Mk 1 on the left and South West Trains class 450 EMU on the right.

2006/07/08.32 BR standard Mk 1 SO (Second Open) at Alton.

2006/07/08.33 West Country class Pacific 34016 BODMIN shunts the empty coaches into the siding at Alton.

2006/07/08.34 West Country class Pacific 34016 BODMIN

2006/07/08.35 Portrait of a West Country class Pacific. 34016 BODMIN at Alton.

2006/07/08.36 West Country class Pacific 34016 BODMIN reverses the ECS into the sidings at Alton.

2006/07/08.37 West Country class Pacific 34016 BODMIN gets ready to depart Alton, light engine, for Ropley.

2008/03/29.RD2837 In throroughly miserable weather, Merchant Navy class Pacific 35005 CANADIAN PACIFIC at Ropley on the 29th March, 2008.

2008/03/29.RD2839 Merchant Navy class 4-6-2 35005 CANADIAN PACIFIC starts away from Ropley on the up gradient towards the summit of the line at Medstead and Four Marks. 29th March, 2008.

2008/03/29.RD2840 Steam atmosphere! Miserable weather can have its advantages where atmospheric photgraphy is concerned. With the drain cocks open, Merchant Navy class 4-6-2 35005 CANADIAN PACIFIC gets into its stride on the up gradient at Ropley. 29th March, 2008.

2008/03/29.RD2841 Visiting from the Severn Valley Railway, Great Western 0-6-0PT 5764 at Ropley with a two coach local train. Such trains were once common on the rural railway by-ways of Britain. 29th March, 2008.

2008/03/29.RD2842 In the pouring rain at Ropley, Great Western 0-6-0PT 5764 from the Severn Valley Railway. Note the rain streaming from the rain gutter on the leading coach! 29th March, 2008.

2008/03/29.RD2843 B.R. Standard class 5 4-6-0 73096 prepares to leave Alresford on a wet and miserable 29th March, 2008.

2008/03/29.RD2846 Representing the rural branch line train of days gone by, the Severn Valley Railway's Great Western 0-6-0 Pannier Tank 5764 and two coaches have just arrived at Alresford. 29th March, 2008.

2008/03/29.RD2847 The Severn Valley Railway's 0-6-0 Pannier Tank 5764 runs round at Alresford. 29th March, 2008.

2008/03/29.RD2848 On a wet and dismal 29th March, 2008, Great Western 0-6-0PT 5764, visiting from the Severn Valley Railway, runs round its two coach local train at Alresford.

2008/03/29.RD2850 The platform at Alresford is empty, but, in view of the weather, that's hardly surprising. The trains were busy, though. This two coach local train, once a common sight on Britain's rural railway by-ways, departs for Medstead and four Marks behind Great Western 0-6-0PT 5764 visiting from the Severn Valley Railway. 29th March, 2008.

2008/03/29.RD2851 Merchant Navy class Pacific 35005 CANADIAN PACIFIC has just arrived at Alresford from Alton and is starting to run round. 29th March, 2008.

2008/03/29.RD2852 Running round at Arlesford, Merchant Navy class Pacific 35005 CANADIAN PACIFIC. 29th March, 2008.

2008/03/29.RD2854 Merchant Navy class 4-6-2 35005 CANADIAN PACIFIC at Alton. 29th March, 2008.

2008/03/29.RD2855 Another round goes into the firebox of Merchant Navy class Pacific 35005 CANADIAN PACIFIC. Alton, 29th March, 2008.

2008/05/17.RD2856 A relic from London & South Western days at Alresford on the Mid-Hants Railway. 17th May, 2008.

2008/05/17.RD2857 B.R. Standard class 5 4-6-0 73096 waits for the road at Alresford with another train for Alton. 17th May, 2008.

2008/05/17.RD2859 The reason why 73096 was unable to get the road at Alresford was that the section to Ropley was occupied by Birmingham R.C. & W. Co. Type 3 Bo-Bo diesel-electric D6593. 17th May, 2008.

2008/05/17.RD2860 Now that the section to Ropley has been cleared, 73096 has the road. 17th May, 2008.

2008/05/17.RD2861 The headcode suggests that B.R. Standard class 5 4-6-0 73096 is heading a train from Southampton Terminus to Waterloo via Alton. The reality, of course, is that it is only doing the Alresford to Alton bit! 17th May. 2008.

2008/05/17.RD2862 B.R. Standard class 5 4-6-0 73096 gets to grips with the gradient out of Alresford with another working to Alton. 17th May, 2008.

2008/05/17.RD2863 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Type 3 Bo-Bo diesel-electric D6593 at Alresford with an empty stock working. 17th May, 2008.

985 10/07 2008/07/04.RD2896. B.R. Standard class 5MT 4-6-0 73096 at Medstead and Four Marks, the highest railway station in southern England. 5th July, 2008.

986 10/07 2008/07/05.RD2897. Bulleid 'Spam Can' West Country class Pacific 34007 WADEBRIDGE arrives at Medstead and Four Marks from the Alton direction while B.R. Standard class 5MT 4-6-0 73096 waits patiently for access to the single line. 5th July, 2008.

987 10/07 2008/07/05.RD2898. Bulleid West Country class Pacific 34007 WADEBRIDGE gets away from Medstead and Four Marks and sets off down the gradient towards Ropley and Alresford. 5th July, 2008.