The dust has settled on a very successful 2022 Gala and early indicators point to it being one of, if not THE, most successful Diesel Gala’s staged at the GWSR.
Both of our locos were involved with 37215 in use on each of the three days, running faultlessly after it’s return to traffic only a couple of weeks earlier. D6948 was used for static display with cab visits. These proved to be very popular in 2019 and so it proved again this time with a lot of people taking the opportunity to have a look – many of whom left a nice donation as well. Many thanks!
But, it is back to normal services and 37215 is scheduled to be out quite a bit throughout August. We start with an unexpected Pink Timetable Day on Tuesday 9th August (3 full round trips – due to a lack of steam crew) followed by Purple Days (last round trip) on the 10th, 11th, 16th, 17th and 18th August. Obviously, these come with the usual caveats around availability.
It is also hoped that at some point this month, we will finally be able to borrow the required eyelets from our friends at the Scottish Thirty-Seven Group at Bo’ness so that we can lift D6948 and make a start on the long awaited repairs.
