• Jon Bowers,
• Paul Pettitt,
• Dave Clarke,
• David Warwick - "Lineside Photos",
• Nick Beck,
• Andrew Strongitharm,
• Matt Allen,
• Owen Chapman,
• Tom Waghorn,
• Tony Pearce,
• and Chris Ward,

Videos:

• Two videos from David Chappell: 1638 at Horsted Keynes (1.7 MB Windows Media), and Normandy with the Mets (1.9 MB Windows Media)
• Two from Mike Snow: 9017 leaves Sheffield Park (2.3 MB Windows Media) and 1638 at Tremains (1.5 MB Windows Media)
• Five video compilations from Jon Bowers (Windows Media).
• Two from Chris Ward: The Ivatt leaves Horsted Keynes (5.5 MB Quicktime) and the Dukedog arrives at Horsted Keynes in the dark (4.6 MB Quicktime)

The weekend featured a busy and varied timetable of Vintage Branch Line Trains with departures both days at roughly 35-40 minute intervals, excepting a period on Saturday lunchtime when a failure of a signal-detection circuit prevented the trains running on the southern section for a period, since no token could be withdrawn in the signal boxes.

An early morning Breakfast Train ran each day.

Featuring the return of the U, as Southern Railway U-class No.1638 makes its gala debut. This locomotive, which last ran 42 years ago, will be hauling a set of matching coaches - a 1930s' period-piece.

With guest locomotive: LMS Ivatt Class 2 Tank No.41312, which is normally based at the Mid Hants Railway and is on hire to the Bluebell only until 28 February 2006.

The full locomotive line-up was:

• 1638 - SR 'U' 2-6-0, (photo left, 18 Feb 2006) built in May 1931 at Ashford, Kent
• 41312 - LMS Ivatt 'Class 2' 2-6-2T, built in May 1952 at Crewe
• 9017 "Earl of Berkeley" - GWR 'Dukedog' 32xx 4-4-0, rebuilt at Swindon in 1938 from two locos, which were themselves built in 1899 and 1906.
• 65 - SECR O1-class 0-6-0, built in 1896; rebuilt 1908
• 55 "Stepney" - LBSCR A1X 'Terrier' 0-6-0T, built in 1875 at Brighton
• 96 "Normandy" - LSWR B4 0-4-0T, built in 1893
  672 "Fenchurch" - LBSCR A1 'Terrier' 0-6-0T, built in 1872 at Brighton - unfortunately this loco failed on the Friday before, and could not be repaired in time, so missed the event.

Additional Attractions

• Station pilot shunting goods stock at Horsted Keynes
• Scale model of Horsted Keynes, as featured in the latest Bluebell News magazine, will be on display at that station.
• Saturday evening photo shoot featuring Maunsell U-class No.1638 and Maunsell carriage stock; also Ivatt tank No.41312 and Goods Train.
• Sunday: Ivatt 2-6-2T and three Metropolitan Carriages in a recreation of the last steam train on Chesham Branch.
• Carriage Works Visits at Horsted Keynes, each day at 1pm, 1.20 and 1.40.

Coaching Stock used over the weekend:

• Set A: SR Maunsell-liveried: 6686-1309-7598-1098-971-404
• Set B: BR Side-corridor stock: 35448-16210-25728-25769
• Set C: Bulleid stock, plus FO and Milk Tanker 2515-3042-1482-4279-4430
• Set D: Metropolitan Railway carriages - Victorian varnished teak!