R&ER - October 2009

Perkins, released from overhaul, sits in Ravenglass station, 10/10/09.

Perkins at Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

Synolda and Count Louis steam through Ravenglass station from the workshops, 10/10/09.

Synolda and Count Louis depart Ravenglass with a special train for the autumn 2009 meeting of the Heywood Society, 10/10/09.

River Irt at Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

River Mite on Ravenglass fuel point, 10/10/09.

Douglas Ferreira and Perkins at Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

Perkins, seen at Ravenglass, outside the carriage shed, 10/10/09.

Line-up of Perkins, Douglas Ferreira and Lady Wakefield at Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

Perkins, Douglas Ferreira and Lady Wakefield provide a multitude of colour and variety at Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

Douglas Ferreira on shed at Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

Blacolvesley on display at Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

Synolda and Count Louis arrive at Ravenglass, passing Bassett-Lowke cousin Blacolvesley, 10/10/09.

Count Louis, Synolda and Blacolvesley at Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

Synolda and Count Louis shunting at Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

Volunteer diesel driver Steve Wood waits for the road at Ravenglass with Douglas Ferreira, as River Irt, Count Louis and Synolda line up in Platform 2, 10/10/09.

River Esk arrives at Ravenglass, passing Synolda (and Blacolvesley in the background), 10/10/09.

River Esk runs round her train at Ravenglass, with Synolda and friends in Platform 2, 10/10/09.

Synolda, Count Louis, River Mite and River Esk at Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

Dr Bob Tebb (left) and Peter van Zeller (right) welcome the members of the Heywood Society to Ravenglass, beside Blacolvesley and Synolda, 10/10/09.

R&ER general manager Trevor Stockton pours a bottle of Ratty Ale over Perkins, to mark the loco's 80th birthday, 10/10/09.

Lady Wakefield and Perkins on shed at Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

Douglas Ferreira approaches Ravenglass, passing Raven Villa, with the wind turbine at Thornflatt farm, Carlton, on the horizon, 10/10/09.

Douglas Ferreira passes Raven Villa, while arriving at Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

Synolda and Count Louis depart from Ravenglass, gathering speed as they head for Barrow Marsh, 10/10/09.

67005 Queen's Messenger races south through Ravenglass with the North Wales Lakelander charter for Compass Tours, 10/10/09.

Synolda and Count Louis return to Ravenglass, 10/10/09.

Count Louis sits beside Cyril at Ravenglass, prior to being loaded onto a trailer for the return journey home to Evesham, 12/10/09.

142050 departs Ravenglass, heading south, 12/10/09.

Synolda in Ravenglass workshop, 12/10/09.