Great Central Winter Gala

[shredder1]

A big thanks to the Great Central Railway for a fantastic day today and lovely to catch up with some old friends.

 

[Cowley]

What locos were running Shredder1? Did they have any interesting guest locomotives?

 

[shredder1]

What locos were running Shredder1? Did they have any interesting guest locomotives?

Yes a great selection mate, 70013 Oliver, 6990 Witherslack Hall, 78018 2MT, 777 Sir Lamiel, 92214 standard 9F, 48624 8F, 46521 Ivatt 2mt, 45305 Black 5, 47406 Jinty 3F, a DMU, and Maunsell Q class 0-6-0 30541, on loan from the Bluebell..

 

[AndyW33]

And the guest loco, Maunsell Q class 0-6-0 30541, on loan from the Bluebell.

 

[AJM580]

Can concur that it was a well supported gala as always. It was worth the 0550 start from home for it. It looks as if 73156 isn't too far off being done - would be nice to see that out and about soon.

 

[AnthonyRail]

Jealous, no steam down here as out of season or trackwork being done, GCR is a railway on my list to visit, double track heritage must be amazing.

 

[Bevan Price]

Can concur that it was a well supported gala as always. It was worth the 0550 start from home for it. It looks as if 73156 isn't too far off being done - would be nice to see that out and about soon.

Yes, agree that it was a good event, although the timetable started to go a bit astray on saturday afternoon.

Not the fault of GCR, but I wish that the Crewe - Derby service had better connections to/from Loughborough. It is frustrating to see a Loughborough service leave Derby just as a train from Crewe is arriving, and then have to wait almost an hour for the next Loughborough service. I might have made more visits to the GCR if there had been some decent connections at Crewe & Derby.

 

[AnthonyRail]

Any pictures, been in bed weekend with man flu

 

[shredder1]

And the guest loco, Maunsell Q class 0-6-0 30541, on loan from the Bluebell.

Thanks Andy, added

 

[shredder1]

Any pictures, been in bed weekend with man flu

Sorry to hear that, I was at the Great Central with manflu, suffering today

I`ll post my blog and pictures later, hope you are feeling better.

 

[The Crab]

Try this - the Brit looked great, just the right amount of dirt. A black 9F would have been nice on the mineral trains. https://youtu.be/rcX6OmIuKKg

 

[Flying Phil]

Some great videos been posted - The final TPO at night with 6990 sending fireworks high in the sky was spectacular!
(The last two mins of the MSV 2017 (Marsh Steam Video) clip)

 

[AnthonyRail]

TPO is something I need to see.

 

[MichaelWells]

Some great videos been posted - The final TPO at night with 6990 sending fireworks high in the sky was spectacular!

On it

 

[Cowley]

Try this - the Brit looked great, just the right amount of dirt. A black 9F would have been nice on the mineral trains. https://youtu.be/rcX6OmIuKKg

Watched it a couple of times. Brilliant.