Gloucester Warwicks Railway: GWR 175 Event 020610
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We had a superb day
We had a superb day out at the Cotswold Festival of Steam. Many thanks to all of those who have given so much time and effort to organising this major event, and the crews who made the locomotives perform in such a lively manner.
After a misty start, the weather was superb with plenty of sunshine. There were five locomotives in action. City of Truro had been repainted and re-numbered to its old operational number, 3717, heavy freight loco 3803 from the South Devon Railway, 4160 from the West Somerset Railway and local stalwart 7903 Foremarke Hall. The star of the day was undoubtedly 1917-built Churchward-designed mogul 5322, which won our hearts despite wearing a mud-pack and dressed up as a WW1 army supply train.
The railway overcame the serious logistical problems of landslip at Gotherington by top and tailing the trains from Winchcombe to Gotherington. The 'tail' of each train arriving from Gotherington was left behind to form the 'tail' of the next train to that destination. This meant plenty of trains.
GWR City class 4-4-0 3717 City of Truro at Didbrook and Hailes; GWR Churchward 4300 class mogul 5332 near Chicken Curve and Dixton; GWR modified hall 4-6-0 7903 Foremarke Hall leaving Gotherington, rounding Chicken Curve and on Defford Straight; GWR 2-8-0 3803 at Dixton, on Defford straight and near Hailes with the freight; GWR large prairie 4160 leaving Gotherington and near Hailes.
After a misty start, the weather was superb with plenty of sunshine. There were five locomotives in action. City of Truro had been repainted and re-numbered to its old operational number, 3717, heavy freight loco 3803 from the South Devon Railway, 4160 from the West Somerset Railway and local stalwart 7903 Foremarke Hall. The star of the day was undoubtedly 1917-built Churchward-designed mogul 5322, which won our hearts despite wearing a mud-pack and dressed up as a WW1 army supply train.
The railway overcame the serious logistical problems of landslip at Gotherington by top and tailing the trains from Winchcombe to Gotherington. The 'tail' of each train arriving from Gotherington was left behind to form the 'tail' of the next train to that destination. This meant plenty of trains.
GWR City class 4-4-0 3717 City of Truro at Didbrook and Hailes; GWR Churchward 4300 class mogul 5332 near Chicken Curve and Dixton; GWR modified hall 4-6-0 7903 Foremarke Hall leaving Gotherington, rounding Chicken Curve and on Defford Straight; GWR 2-8-0 3803 at Dixton, on Defford straight and near Hailes with the freight; GWR large prairie 4160 leaving Gotherington and near Hailes.
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