Wednesday, 7 August 2019

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway is a volunteer-run heritage railway which runs along the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire border of the Cotswolds. 
The GWSR has restored and reopened around 14 miles of track, operating between Cheltenham Racecourse and recently to Broadway.
Ken Jones visited the recent Diesel Gala Event, pictures of which are shown below, together with pictures from a previous visit showing steam trains.


W51405 in carriage shed at Winchcombe 


 Diesels in the carriage shed, Class 20 D8137 in the foreground


5310 in ex works condition in Toddington yard 


Class 73/1 Diesel electric E6036 entering Winchcombe from Cheltenham 


45149 passes 47376


Awaiting token exchange at Winchcombe as a train approaches


79037903 Foremarke Hall - Modified Hall class,  being coaled
at Toddington before final trip of the day 


35006 35006 'Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co' - Rebuilt Merchant Navy class
 at Broadway ready to depart for Cheltenham Racecourse 


7903 meets 35006 at Toddington.  35006 was rescued from Barry in 1983 by its present owners who brought it to Toddington for restoration.

More information about the GWSR railway here at https://www.gwsr.com/

If you've visited a transport event this summer please feel free to submit a selection of your pictures to Focus Transport at focustransport2011@gmail.com. We will be publishing event pictures as part of our 'new look' Focus Transport site.

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