Two Jubilees at Urmston

Rain first thing, then dry! Good day at Urmston today.

My friend Adrian from Leeds has a Kingscale Jubilee like the one I had but returned to Kingscale in a buy-back deal for their upcoming BR Standard 4MT tank loco. Fellow Urmston member Trevor also has a Kingscale Jubilee. Both Jubilees were running at Urmston today, and very well they went, too.

I had an enjoyable drive of Adrian's Jubilee 'Trafalgar' and Jim's Venezuelan tank.

Click on any picture for a larger image. The last seven pictures are by Jason Lau.

A Quarry Hunslet and two Jubilees. Alan's superb 'Tilly' in the foreground, and two 'Trafalgars' beyond, with Adrian working on preparing his to run. 

Rick's rather nice 3.5" gauge Lynton & Barnstaple Manning Wardle 2-6-2 tank loco 'Yeo'  

Dave prepares his Garratt in the foreground, Adrian's and Trevor's Jubilees, then the Hunslet and the little Manning Wardle. On the left is a 3.5" A3 Pacific - together with Aiden's B1 (which was already running on the track when I took these pictures),and Jim's Venezuelan Tank (which arrived later) that was total loco turn-out today.
The Hunslet didn't run due to a leaking wet header. 

Early rain soon cleared to dry day

Me watching Alan trying to fix his Hunslet

Trevor preps his Jubilee in early rain

Adrian and me with his Jubilee

Mike on Jim's Venezuelan tank 

Rick with the Manning Wardle, on the inner track

A visiting model Foden steam lorry

The steam lorry's flight deck

Click on the link below for a trip around Urmston track behind Adrian's Jubilee 'Trafalgar' 

A circuit of the track behind Adrian's Jubilee

We also had a visit from this, seen here passing Abbotsfield park:

Model Foden steam lorry