For the filming of Five Children & It in 2003 the station was fitted with a mock-up canopy, creating some of the atmosphere of the original removed in 1993.  This view shows the attention to detail, though largely constructed in temporary materials making it impossible to retain after the conclusion of filming.

Passing trains with M.N.Ry. No.4 Caledonia and No.12 Hutchinson in the summer of 2005 after the full line was reinstated the previous year  James Maddrell and his fireman Jack Dibnah look on from the footplate as the other train passes them, a more traditional looking Isle of Man Railway train with a Beyer Peacock in charge.

Signs of the times; it has always been tradition to have hand-painted signage at the station as was the case here in 2004 in green and cream. Over the years there have been a number of variations, these "this side" boards were only introduced upon nationalisation, save for the famous double-sided version at St. John's Station.

No.11 Maitland heading south on Pumphouse Curve southwest of the station in the summer of 2008 in the post-war livery of "Indian" red; this area has also been known as "K & L Curve" when the garden centre stood on the same site, now occupied by The Engine Room shared-office space development.

No.10 G.H. Wood in the spring green livery departing the station in the direction of Ballabeg Station in the spring of 2008; this livery had been applied the previous year to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the reopening and was the first time it had been seen on a service locomotive since 1977.

Shining Time Station as dressed for filming the live action film Thomas & The Magic Railroad in 2001, starring Peter Fonda among others.  The whole building was boxed in to make it appear as a more American colonial structure, the goods shed dressed externally as a shop, also using the shed at Port St. Mary Station.

Arriving from the south on short line working in early 2002 is No.12 Hutchinson with fireman Juan Maddrell on the footplate.  This view was captured by the eminent railway photographer the late J.D. "Doug" Darby who donated a print to be displayed by the Isle of Man Steam Railway Supporters' Association.

During short line workings for the I.R.I.S. Scheme in 2002 M.N.Ry. No.4 Caledonia in her short lived blue livery departing the station heading south. Turned cab-first for the shuttle services, these were provided only to Port St. Mary when work on the track south-west of the station were undertaken later.

Derailments are rare on the railway but in July of 2007 No.13 Kissack split the points at Love Lane Bridge and too several hours to re-rail and be moved. Ironically, it was the same locomotive on the same set of points that provided the next derailment a decade later - to date the final such incident...thus far!

The first ever Manx Heritage Transport Festival in 2009 saw No.12 Hutchinson and No.4 Loch haul a special double-headed train; at the time it was possible to match liveries for these specials, though today onlu the former locomotive is in traffic in this colour scheme.  The saloons seen here now form the dining train.

No.11 Maitland arriving from the south crossing the Silverburn Bridge with an early season train the year 2000 when carriages reverted to red and cream. Since the I.R.I.S. Scheme works were carried out here the bridge has been fitted with railings on each side, and the old water tank frame was removed, having long since not been used.

Manx National Week is celebrated at the start of each July by locomotives sporting shields on their buffer beams as seen here on No.10 G.H. Wood in 2009; this traditional is maintained today, and the station is usually dressed with patriotic bunting for the duration of the week, provided by the Friends Of... volunteers.

The frames and bunker of No.7 Tynwald were displayed on the loading platform at the station until September of 2012 when they were removed off-island. Several attempts have been made to repatriate these frames in recent times, with a view to returning them to this location as another additional item of interest.

A temporary canopy added to the frontage of the station for filming purposes during the shooting of Five Children & It  around the town; seen here under construction, a basic scaffold framework was then clad with timber and painted to give the effect of a more permanent structure, complete with matching fascias.