The Growler Group

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

The rosters page has now been updated with the booked workings on the GWR for 37215 and D6948, so you can make plans for the summer! click to continue reading