The loco roster has been fully updated to include the latest booked workings for 37215 at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. The loco will be seeing a good deal of activity during late July and August, mainly featuring on the last Broadway-Cheltenham-Toddington service of the GWR’s purple timetable. Full details can be found on the Loco Roster page. click to continue reading
Unfortunately, progress with the lift of D6948 has been hit by the Coronavirus pandemic. Originally planned to lift the loco in March 2020, work was successfully undertaken to disconnect the bogies from the body and prepare for the body lift in October. The lift was then provisionally planned for January 2021, but again had to be deferred due to the 3rd wave of the pandemic. click to continue reading
Booking is now open for three exclusively diesel operated Sundays on the GWR in September featuring D6948 on the 13th, 24081 on the 20th and finally 47376 on the 27th. Please make every effort to come and support these trains – the GWR needs every penny it can at the moment as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. click to continue reading
In early March, 37215 was finally re-united with its overhauled bogies and tyre-turned wheel sets. The loco was lifted in May last year and since then has languished out of use on temporary accommodation bogies whilst the bogies removed received attention. click to continue reading
