Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway - Autumn Diesel Gala - October 2019
The Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway held their Autumn Diesel Gala event on the 12th and 14th October 2019. The event featured locomotives from the 'home fleet' as well as the late operating weekend for the summer season visitor No.50035 'Ark Royal' from the Fifty Fund based at Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway. The Gloucestershire and Warwickshire railway boasts a large selection of former British Rail locomotives, all of which have been restored to stunning operational condition.
Locomotives operating over the 13 mile line between Broadway and Cheltenham Racecourse were as follows:
Class 24 No.24081
Class 26 No.26043
Class 37 No.37248
Class 45 No.45149
Class 47 No.47376
Class 50 No.50035 'Ark Royal'
Locomotives operating over the 13 mile line between Broadway and Cheltenham Racecourse were as follows:
Class 24 No.24081
Class 26 No.26043
Class 37 No.37248
Class 45 No.45149
Class 47 No.47376
Class 50 No.50035 'Ark Royal'
Freightliner liveried Class 47 No.47376 'Freightliner 1995' departs from Toddingtton station on Saturday 12th October with the 09:30 service to Cheltenham, the first service of the October Diesel Gala weekend, visiting Class 50 No.50035 'Ark Royal' from the Fifty Fund at the Severn Valley Railway stands waiting its first duty of the day.
BR Blue Class 50 No.500354 'Ark Royal' stands at Toddington on Saturday 12th October 2019 ready to depart with the 10:15 service to Cheltenham during the October Diesel Gala Weekend. The Class 50 was on its last operating weekend having spent the summer outbased at the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway, before returning to Kidderminster.
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BR Blue Class 24 No.24081 arrives into Toddington on Saturday 12th October 2019 hauling the 09:45 Winchombe - Broadway service passng visiting Class 50 No.50035 from the Severn Valley Railway.
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BR Blue Class 24 No.24081 runs around its train at Broadway on Saturday 12th October 2019 ready to form the 10:30 to Cheltenham Racecourse.
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BR Blue Class 45 No.45149 stands at Cheltenham Racecourse having arrived on the 12th October 2019 hauling the 12:00 from Broadway.
BR Blue Class 45 No.45149 operated by the Cotswold Diesel Group runs around its train at Cheltenham Racecourse on the 12th October 2019 during the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway October Diesel Gala Weekend.
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BR Class 45 'Peak' No.45149 idles at Winchombe Station on the 12th October 2019 while working the 13:25 Cheltenham Racecourse - Broadway service during the October 2019 Diesel Gala Weekend.
BR Blue Class 45 No.45149 waits to Winchombe on Saturday 14th October 2019 while Class 26 No.26043 arrives working 13:30 Broadway - Cheltenham service sporting a 60th Birthday headboard.
BR Blue Class 26 No.26043 shunts back into its train at Cheltenham Racecourse ready to haul the 14:55 Cheltenham - Broadway service.
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BR Blue Class 50 No.50035 arrives into Toddington on Saturday 12th October 2019 hauling the 15:45 Broadway - Cheltenham service passing No.24043 waiting to depart to Broadway.
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BR Blue Class 50 No.50035 'Ark Royal' completed its final weekend of operations on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway on the 12th and 13th October, before returning to its base at Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway. The Fifty Fund locomotive is pictured arriving into Toddington on Saturay 12th October 2019 working the 15:45 Broadway - Cheltenham Racecourse service during the Autumn Diesel Gala Event.
BR Blue Class 50 No.50035 'Ark Royal' runs around its train at Cheltenham Racecourse station on the 12th October 2019 ready to form the 17:05 service to Toddington.
From a different viewpoint:
BR Blue Class 50 No.50035 'Ark Royal' stands at Toddington visiting from the Fifty Fund based at the Severn Valley Railway on the 12th October 2019, during the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway October Diesel Gala Weekend.
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BR Blue Class 50 No.500354 'Ark Royal' stands at Toddington on Saturday 12th October 2019 ready to depart with the 10:15 service to Cheltenham during the October Diesel Gala Weekend. The Class 50 was on its last operating weekend having spent the summer outbased at the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway, before returning to Kidderminster.
BR Class 45 'Peak' No.45149 idles at Winchombe Station on the 12th October 2019 while working the 13:25 Cheltenham Racecourse - Broadway service during the October 2019 Diesel Gala Weekend.
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BR Blue Class 50 No.500354 'Ark Royal' stands at Toddington on Saturday 12th October 2019 ready to depart with the 10:15 service to Cheltenham during the October Diesel Gala Weekend. The Class 50 was on its last operating weekend having spent the summer outbased at the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway, before returning to Kidderminster.
BR Class 50 No.50035 'Ark Royal' passes No.45149 at Gotherington recreating scenes from the 1980's in the West Country while hauling the 12:45 Broadway - Cheltenham Racecourse service. The Class 45 was waiting to depart Gotherington Loop with the 13:25 Cheltenham - Broadway service.
BR Blue Class 50 No.50035 'Ark Royal' rolls back into Cheltenham Racecourse on Saturday 12th October 2019 ready to form the 17:05 service to Toddington.