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Would it even go to Wareham anyway?
The current target is for Bridge 9 to be repaired for the Diesel Gala, so hopefully they should run ‘over the road’.
They would run as far as the operational limit allows - Bridge 4, about half a mile from Worgret Junction. This means top and tailing from either Corfe or Norden.
Yeah 69009 in particular would be amazing
Why 69009? It did the Severn Valley, KWVR and Nene Valley last year, so if you haven't had it, you've had your chances. Something different, please!
Not a great diesel gala person. I’m amazed the same people go to all these galas? Surely Swanage is best for people from the south, KWVR for the north, SVR for West Mids and Nene Valley for Anglia?
Except for the time when all that was working were a 47, 20 and DMU!
If you think that, you clearly don't understand the market!
Maybe I don’t. I live in the south and the only galas that would be considered ‘accessible’ for me are the Nene Valley and Swanage to be honest, of the four mentioned by @43096 . Certainly the KWVR is completely out of range unless I’m on holiday up there and the SVR is a long trek too. The problem is not ticket prices or particularly a lack of time, more just that I wouldn’t bother making such a long journey!
Maybe not all, but there will many who go to a lot of them.
Clearly you don’t understand the market!
You should try the Epping & Ongar, I had a great day there a few years back
Fair but most pres railways have not quite got it right every time.
For most of the Southeast the ease of getting to these galas (as opposed to the locos etc) is:
No confirmation 69009 will go to the gala.
Some people don't worry about mileage these days. I reckon that is old school (me included) and once they've had it that's it.
It has always been that way. There's a continuum between maximising mileage from a preferred class to red penning as much as possible, and we all sit somewhere along it.
My "thing" in the 1980s and early 1990s, was of covering new routes. Somewhere I might still have my (black penned) copy of Sectional Map of British Railways.
Same but 69s are still good
My current "things" are track bashing and haulage by different classes. So recent SVR galas gave me a bit of both - I had not been since the Kidderminster extension opened, and in the last four galas I got my first haulage fromMy "thing" in the 1980s and early 1990s, was of covering new routes. Somewhere I might still have my (black penned) copy of Sectional Map of British Railways.
I was never bothered by what was hauling me - although I did appreciate the bonus of noisy EE / Sulzer traction.
