27021 ambles past the site of Killiecrankie station with a short engineers train returning to Perth on 12 July 1983. Luckily the train wasn't any longer in view of the restricted viewpoint! Unfortunately this is the only decent picture I have of a Class 27 in their native Scotland, and it just happened to be taken from the drive to our holiday cottage!

27024 makes a spirited departure from Bridge of Dun with the 12:30 service to Brechin during the Caledonian Railway's Diesel Gala on 4 May 2008. 37097 can just be seen parked in the middle of a line of coaches in the background. Bridge of Dun station is in a very rural location a few miles to the west of Montrose, but was formerly a junction where the Brechin and Edzell route diverged from the line to Guthrie.

27024 leaves Brechin with the 12:00 train to Bridge of Dun, during the Caledonian Railway's Diesel Gala on 5 May 2008. The banks of cloud in the background give a misleading impression of the weather, as virtually everywhere else was completely clear blue skies. Obviously further inland over the mountains conditions were not so good, but luckily the position of the clouds hardly altered all day.

27024 passes Kincraig on the Caledonian Railway with the 12:30 Bridge of Dun to Brechin service on 5 May 2008. This was during the line's Diesel Gala. 27024 was withdrawn from BR service in 1987, but spent some time as a departmental training loco numbered ADB968028, before entering preservation, initially at the Northampton and Lamport Railway.

27024 makes a fine site as it leaves Bridge of Dun and passes Balwyllo with the 15:15 train to Brechin, during the Caledonian Railway's Diesel Gala on 5 May 2008. Note the completely clear blue sky in this picture which is looking towards the sea, in contrast to the clouds that can be seen in the background of pictures taking looking in the other direction.

27066 pulls away from the recently completed station at Yarwell Junction on the Nene Valley Railway with the 2E45 09:50 Wansford to Peterborough service on 1 March 2008, during the line's Diesel Gala. 24081 which had brought the train in from Wansford can be seen on the rear of the train. This station is remote from any road, being approached either by footpaths or a rough track that serves a nearby fishing lake.

27066 & 24081 pass Castor on the Nene Valley Railway with the 2E51 14:21 Wansford to Peterborough service on 1 March 2008, during the line's Diesel Gala, towing Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU 51367, 59508, & 51401. Another lucky shot for the sun, with the cloud clearing moments before the train arrived.