I decided to take a trip south to the Kirkby Stephen Vintage Vehicles Rally today.   Enroute, I stopped off at Carlisle Kingmoor, spotted there was

37401, 37406, 37410, 37411, 37416, 37417, 37426, 37427, 37612, 37667, 57003, 57008

I then stopped off at Kirkby Stephen Station, it is one of the nicest stations I have seen.   Here is 158794 arriving with a service for Carlisle.    Next I went to the Stainmore railway at Kirkby Stephen.    It was quite busy.   Seen were

20169, 37146 31410, 37674, 47785, NER Fletcher 910 and FC Tingley

On the way home i nipped into the Eden Valley Railway at Warcrop to catch a photo of ex royal train loco 47799 and ex EWS 37042.

Heading back into Scotland I took the old A74 road home from the Beattock turnoff and spotted a number of engineering movements, these were

66187 6K10 Carlisle Yard – Beattock CoalFish (seen just north of Beattock)

66141 6K35 Carlisle Yard – Abington Down Loop Crane and Support Vehicles (Abington Loop)

66082 6K30 Carlisle Yard – Abington CoalFish (Abington)

66088 6K31 Carlisle Yard – Abington CoalFish (Abington)

66103 6K32 Mossend – Abington CoalFish (Wandel)

66132 6K38 Mossend – Abington CoalFish (Wandel)