[Steam Scenes]

I went over to the Vintage Gathering at the Northampton and Lamport Railway this morning to see the first public steaming of Allchin roller 1131:





Sharon Skinner and the crew have worked really hard to get the engine back up and running in a relatively short space of time. The steam test on the engine was only completed at 11.30 on Friday night! The engine was in a really poor way when work started, lying in undergrowth in many pieces, and major work has been carried out to the boiler and tender amongst other things. As always there are a few more jobs to do but the engine was steaming well and trundling around the rally site.