The Growler Group

Wednesday 21st March was a memorable day for the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway when the  first passenger carrying trains were operated to the newly opened Broadway station. 4 special trains were run from Winchcombe and Toddington and along the new extension to Broadway, the 10:00, 12:00 and 14:00 departures from Toddington being steam hauled and the 16:00 diesel hauled by D6948, chosen because of its steam heat capability. This marked several ‘firsts’ – the first diesel hauled passenger train ever to call at Broadway station (it was closed in 1960), and the first diesel hauled passenger train to work along the GWR’s new extension into Broadway station. click to continue reading

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