Pushing The Boat Out - The Vintage Gala To End All Vintage Galas?

The decision to delay a major project due to go live over the weekend of 15th October was greeted by downcast faces at work, with one exception!  Vintage Weekends involve a huge amount of preparation, the final piece in the jigsaw is the constant to and fro of trains across the Cob as modern stock is hidden away for the weekend and the pre-preservation stck takes centre stage.  At Boston Lodge Livingston Thompson and Welsh Pony awaited the arrival of some bedfellows to keep them warm overnight.
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Friday Afternoon

‘Palmerston’ brings a rake of slate waggons across the Cob as part of the preparations for the weekend. (14/10/2005)
‘Palmerston’ brings a rake of slate waggons across the Cob as part of the preparations for the weekend.
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Bottom shunter ‘Palmerston’ with it’s rake of empty slate waggons rolls along the Cob. (14/10/2005)
Bottom shunter ‘Palmerston’ with it’s rake of empty slate waggons rolls along the Cob.
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The FRS London Area Group 50th anniversary special passes Pen Cob with ‘Taliesin’ in charge. (14/10/2005)
The FRS London Area Group 50th anniversary special passes Pen Cob with ‘Taliesin’ in charge.
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‘Taliesin’ and the Victorian rake on Boston Lodge curve with the LAG special. (14/10/2005)
‘Taliesin’ and the Victorian rake on Boston Lodge curve with the LAG special.
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Home again - ‘Livingston Thompson’ stands quietly outside the old engine shed at Boston Lodge, a former stablemate peeps round the corner. (14/10/2005)
Home again - ‘Livingston Thompson’ stands quietly outside the old engine shed at Boston Lodge, a former stablemate peeps round the corner.
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A view from times past? ‘Livingston Thompson’ outside the engine shed, the newly replanted disc signal alongside. (14/10/2005)
A view from times past? ‘Livingston Thompson’ outside the engine shed, the newly replanted disc signal alongside.
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Haven’t we met before…? (14/10/2005)
Haven’t we met before…?
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‘Livingston Thompson’ awaits the call (can we fit a new boiler once we’ve finished ‘Welsh Pony’ Mr Gray…) (14/10/2005)
‘Livingston Thompson’ awaits the call (can we fit a new boiler once we’ve finished ‘Welsh Pony’ Mr Gray…)
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