Well, today I managed to venture out with Britomart with some rolling stock to the New Year's steamup, and I have to say, the loco never performed so well! and I think it ended up being in steam the longest, while amazing quite a few people on how well it was running and were asking quite a few questions!

When I ran out of time on the main running lines, I put it on the junior railway (sorry, can't remember the names of them now

) and it didn't like the sharp curves, so out of boredom I brought Snowdon out (which was a backup loco, which for once, wasn't needed!) anyhow, here are the couple of pics I got
Britomart being prepped ready for it's first run
a rather bizzare garret type loco!
There were also 2 Penrhyn Hunslets in operation as well, this one especially caught my eye....
Corrie the Carrie?
Britomart running very well behaved!
and then the sun came through for a bit
and illuminated the oil bottle very well
Britomart then had a flashback to it's early days!
a rather impressive line up around the turntable, I would have put Britomart on the turntable pride of place, but knowing me it would have set fire to it
and then Snowdon was brought out briefly, in one chaotic running session with 6 trains!
