Part 2 (May)

47739 'Robin of Templeombe' awaits departure from Newcastle with North East Railtours' 1Z71 0441 charter to Fort William (01/05/2017)

Several hours into its journey, 47739 is pictured again at Bridge of Orchy (01/05/2017)

47739 looks out over the moor during a pathing stop at Rannoch station. The sculpture in the foreground is of James Renton, a Director of the original West Highland Railway, whose personal fortune helped to save the company from bankruptcy during the line's construction (01/05/2017)

With the first half of its mission completed 47739 is pictured on arrival at Fort William with 1Z71 (01/05/2017)

In glorious afternoon sunshine, 47739 curves up onto Rannoch moor with the 1Z72 1642 Fort William - Newcastle return leg of the tour (01/05/2017)

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, 47739 stands at Newcastle Central with the previous afternoon's 1Z72 1642 return charter from Fort William (02/05/2017)

47826 stands at Milton Keynes with the heavily delayed 1Z64 0605 Holyhead - Windsor West Coast Railways' charter, which had just been terminated here atfer the original train engine (47854) had caught fire at Northampton (03/05/2017)

47192 is pictured on arrival at Swanage with 2N05 1120 from Norden on the 'Preview Day' prior to the start of the annual Diesel Weekend (04/05/2017)

A couple of hours later 47192 runs round its train at Norden after working 2N14 1320 from Swanage (04/05/2017)

With the ruins of Corfe Castle dominating the background, 47192 backs onto 2N13 1400 Norden - Swanage before returning to the coast (04/05/2017)

47192 is pictured again on arrival back into Swanage with 2N13 (04/05/2017)

Having run round its train, the visiting Type 4 waits patiently at Swanage with its next working, 2N22 1600 to Norden (04/05/2017)

Another view of 47192 shortly before departure from Swanage with its third and final round trip of the day to Norden (04/05/2017)

On the first day of the Gala itself, 47192 awaits the arrival of its incoming stock at Norden before working the 2N03 1000 to Swanage. Colas Rail's 56096 is visible to the rear (05/05/2017)

The view of 47192 from the observation car whilst working the 2N12 1215 Swanage - Norden (05/05/2017)

47192 waits to shunt from the run round loop at Swanage before working the 1600 to Norden (05/05/2017)

47192 awaits the arrival of a late running 'down' train at Corfer Castle whilst working the 2N22 1600 Swanage - Norden (05/05/2017)

47192 is pictured on arrival at Harmans Cross with its last train of the day, the 2H11 1750 from Norden (05/05/2017)

With the runis of Corfe Castle peering above the trees in the distance, 47192 is seen stabled at Norden before working the 1345 to Swanage (06/05/2017)

Fresh out of the paint shop, D05 Preservation's 47828 awaits departure from Kidderminster with the 1040 to Bridgnorth on the second day of the Severn Valley Railway's Spring Diesell Festival (19/05/2017)

47828 is pictured again whilst waiting to cross a Kidderminster-bound train at Arley during what was actually my first ever trip along the line behind a '47' (19/05/2017)

The following morning 47828 awaits departure with tits first train of the day, the 0755 shuttle from Bewdley into Kidderminster (20/05/2017)

A couple of hours later, 47828 pauses at Hampton Loade with the 0935 Bridgnorth - Kidderminster (20/05/2017)

47828 is pictured again with the same service at Arley whilst waiting to cross another Bridgnorth-bound train (20/05/2017)