Bowes Railway 1940s Weekend - June 22/23rd I was booked to take the Dodge to Northallerton at the end of June, so to save the fuel it had, I just took the Jeep to Bowes railway both days. Summer began a few days before Bowes, with clear sky and hot sunny weather - about time! I took Jessie in the Ordnance Depot markings for the first day and since it was nice weather, had the roof off. I got sun burnt and was exhausted on Saturday evening.

I think there were up to eleven military vehicles on show, though I think a couple only attended for one day.

There were a number of dioramas including British, American, Russian and German. For obvious reasons, Russian re-enactors have been portraying other armed forces for the last couple of years, so I was surprised to see them out this year.


There was a battle on both days, amongst the tracks of the rail yard. The Germans won the battle on Saturday.

So on Sunday, I switched to Flying Control markings, with the roof on for some shade. I also took some aerial photography accessories to display.


There were multi-period displays elsewhere in the village, but it was too hot to be bothered to go for a walk.

Here's a panorama which includes most of the military vehicles on show. A couple of Jeeps, the Kubelwagon and halftrack were out of shot.

I stopped off in one of the country lanes for some pictures on the way home.

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