SR class N 31874 "Brian Fisk", S15 506 (BR 30506) & unrebuilt WC 34105 "Swanage" make a splendid sight at Ropley depot, Mid Hants Railway. Summer 1989.

506 & 34105 "Swanage" at Ropley depot in 1989.

Unrebuilt SR Bulleid WC class Pacific 34105 "Swanage" prepares for action at Ropley. Summer 1989.

Former LSWR Urie S15 class 4-6-0 506 (BR 30506) is seen in Southern livery at Ropley, Mid Hants Railway. Summer 1989.

S15 506 drifts towards Alresford with a train from Alton. 9th April 1989.

506 approaches Ropley on 9th April 1989.

S15 506 heads a late afternoon train to Alton north of Alresford on 9th April 1989.

LSWR T9 class 4-4-0 30120 looks terrific in BR lined black as it poses, behind a just-visible wheelbarrow in Ropley yard, Mid Hants Railway. Undated.

Another view of T9 30120 and the S160 2-8-0 at Ropley.

With it's smokebox door ajar, SR Urie S15 class 4-6-0 506 (BR 30506) looks splendid in it's Southern Railway livery in the yard at Ropley, Mid Hants Railway. Undated.

A rear view of S15 506 at Ropley. Date unknown.

Urie S15 class 4-6-0 506 (BR 30506) stands in Ropley yard, Mid Hants Railway.

LSWR T9 class 4-4-0 120 (BR 30120) & S15 class 4-6-0 506 (BR 30506), both in Southern livery, double-head an Alton-Alresford train as it departs from Ropley during a 1989 gala day.

D3398 & 34105 "Swanage" are seen at Alresford in the summer of 1989.

U class 2-6-0 prepares to depart from Ropley with an Alresford service, I think this is summer 1985.

N class 2-6-0 31874 and a BR standard need a lot of work in this view of Ropley yard. Early-mid '80's.

34016 "Bodmin" stands in the yard at Ropley, on the Mid Hants Railway. Efforts can be seen to have been made to keep the rain out!

WC class 4-6-2 34016 "Bodmin" steams in Ropley shed yard. Probably summer 1985

BR Standard class 4MT 76017 leaves Ropley for Alton in 1989.

On a particularly gloomy Mid Hants gala day, 70000 "Britannia" + 76017 double-head an Alton service across an embankment between Alresford and Ropley. 7th February 1993.

BR standard 2-6-0 76017 prepares to depart with a double-headed gala day train on the Mid Hants; I don't know which station I took this at, but the other loco (left) is 70000 "Britannia", which I didn't photograph because of the number of people between the camera and the loco! 7th February 1993.

BR Standard 2-6-0 76017, now carrying the name HERMES, stands in the yard at Ropley, Mid Hants Railway, in the mid-80's.

76017 backs an extra coach onto the Alton train at Alresford. About 1990?

Freshly rescued from Greece (?), the Mid Hants Railway's S160 2-8-0 stands in the yard at Ropley, awaiting restoration. Undated.

Freightliner 57011 & D6525 are seen double-heading an Alresford-Alton train at Ropley; D3358 is seen on the left. 5th March 2000.

Green class 205 'Thumper' 205 029 arrives at Medstead and Four Marks with an Alresford-Alton service. 7th February 1993.

205 029 stands near the signalbox at Medstead and Four Marks station on an Alresford-Alton service. 7th February 1993.

The 'plain' end of 'Thumper' 205 029 is seen in this view at Medstead and Four Marks station; the service was an Alresford-Alton working. 7th February 1993.

The MHR's Sentinel shunter stands next to T9 4-4-0 30120 in Ropley shed yard during summer 1985.