75069 Kemble 2 March 1985

Mass trespass at Kemble on 2 March 1985! No evidence of modern health & safety rules as 4MT 4-6-0 75069 blasts out of the station with the SLOA Newport to Swindon 'Red Dragon' railtour. A few minutes earlier the 8 coach tour had climbed up the Golden Valley route from Gloucester, entering Sapperton Tunnel with some wheel slip at 13mph. This tour was a prelude to a number of steam specials over the route later in the year in connection with the GW150 celebrations.

80080 & 80079 Tiverton Parkway 1 May 1994

The sheep scatter as 4MT 2-6-4Ts 80080 & 80079 approach Tiverton Parkway with the 'Semper Fidelis' railtour on 1 May 1994, which was steam hauled between Bristol Temple Meads and Exeter St Davids. An easy location to get to if you are chasing something, as it is right next to Junction 27 on the M5 motorway.