Owd Rosie went on its travels in 1999 also going to Moors Valley for the second ever Tinkerbell weekend. Unfortunately her very long wheel base meant that she could not negoiate the railway and the trip still haunts us all.
Also in 1999 the Romulus and Steptoe went for a flying visit to CRAMEC on Canvey Island. With Romulus suffering two injector failures (both brand new) the 25 was left as our only flag at this event.
Then came 2001 The year of the travellor. Engines were sent everywhere or so it seemed. Montezuma went for a weekend visit to Weston Park for there American Weekend. by our estimation we carried more passengers than any other engine and we also know we did more trips than anyone else. What made this more impressive was that we had to "tighten" the tubes on sunday morning after she worked so hard the Saturday.
Following that was the Kestrel to Bolbrook Castle where No 5 also went for jaunt round the line. The end of the summer also saw the Hymek go to Bolbrook for about 1 week under a locomotive exchange.
Then came the ill fated 2001 7 1/4" AGM. Ill fated in our respects. A mix up with the organisor saw Sir Goss sitting in the van and Kestrel running on the track. This and other things lead to the SNBR visitors deciding to go elsewhere on the Sunday. That elsewhere was the Eastleigh Lakeside Railway. We enjoyed ourselves even with the rain.
The final away day of the year was Sir Goss to Holycombe. Well an afternoon due to Transportation problems. Sir Goss performed admirably and when she first came into service, from out of no where about 15 photographers came to take pictures. We also enjoyed ourselves with a cab ride in the full size and 2' gauge railways.
Page 2 Mallard at Spa Valley railway 2004 Here are the Pictures of most of the days described above.
A collection of Montezuma at Weston Park 2001
Kestrel and No5 at Bolebrook Castle
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