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The Group’s AGM will be held on Sunday 4th March commencing at 11:00 at Toddington Village Hall. Directions to the Hall can be found here: http://toddingtonvillagehall.org/location.htm click to continue reading

The first passenger trains on the newly re-opened GWR extension to its Broadway terminus will be operating on the 21st and 22nd March. These special trains will be reserved for Volunteers and Shareholders only and we are very pleased to say that D6948 will be operating the last service on each day as follows: click to continue reading

D6948 (providing steam heat) will be working scheduled services on the GWR on 26th December and 1st January when it will work the 15:55 Toddington-Cheltenham Racecourse and 16:40 return. It is also booked to work the following trains during the GWR’s annual Christmas Cracker event on the 29th and 30th December: click to continue reading

D6948 was called into action at very short notice on Saturday 9th December when steam locomotive GWR 2-6-2T no.5526 was failed with a brake defect during preparation on shed. The 37 was started and the boiler fired up, and made the steam loco’s booked diagram start. click to continue reading