In preparation for a driver experience working this Sunday (14th October), 37215 was moved from Toddington to Winchcombe over the newly relaid Chicken Curve today. As it has not hauled a train for nearly 2 years, it was then used … Continue reading
After just short of 2 years, the GWR finally becomes a ‘joined up’ railway again on the 30th October, when a series of special trains will work over the full length of the line from Laverton to Cheltenham Racecourse to celebrate the re-opening of the line and to thank the thousands of people who have helped to raise the £1m to rebuild both the Gotherington and Chicken Curve embankment collapses. This will also be the first time that the railway will operate over its full 11.75 miles, as the northwards extension to Laverton was opened after the Winchcombe embankment collapse. click to continue reading
Following the reconnection of the southern and northern sections of the GWR, 37215 is to work two return diesel driver experience empty stock trains between Winchcombe and Cheltenham Racecourse on Sunday 14th October. Although the route over the rebuilt Chicken Curve is not yet open between Toddington and Winchcombe, the locomotive will make a light engine move over the newly connected track under an engineering possession a few days before. click to continue reading
Regular volunteer and vice Chairman of the Group, Mark Stanley, has been giving 37215 some tlc this weekend. 4 years have passed since its repaint, and the ravages of the Toddington weather have started to take their toll, so as a pre-emptive … Continue reading
